Please read this before you decide that you support universal health care in the US.

"In a debate which split the British Medical Association annual conference, doctors voted for a motion calling for so-called co-payments to be allowed.

The issue has come to a head in recent months as a number of cancer patients have been banned from receiving NHS care after topping up their treatment privately.

It has resulted in some terminally-ill patients being forced to decide whether to pay for health care that would normally be free, or go without drugs that could help extend their lives."