I can't even begin to understand the American Health system, but all I know is i prefer what we have here from what i do understand, no health system is perfect and our's is far from it either.

We have waiting lists like any other public system,and because of that i choose to have private medical insurance at least for surgery cover, i cannot really afford anything else.

We do have subsidised Doctors visits and ACC here which contributes to your care if you have an accident, that recently had an overhaul and we are now paying a lot more than we used to, i guess our government just cannot sustain it as is.

We have free dental care until you are 18, providing it is just standard care,not for wisdom teeth removal that sort of thing, and free blood tests still at this stage, i am wondering how long that will last though.

All in all i am happy with it as it is,but i guess it is because i have the security of knowing if i need surgery i can have it quickly due to taking out insurance, but i pay through the nose for that, and i will not be able to continue paying as i get older, as it will be too expensive and i will have to rely on the public system then.

At accident and emergency they try and get you out within 6hrs, which is far too long, we went there recently with my mother and were there for four hours, so that is not too good.