Healthcare is actually a macro economic question. The private American system is much worse, and more expensive than the British public, universal system which is free at the point of delivery for everyone. Americans spend 17.9% of their GDP on healthcare, while the British only spend 9.6%. Americans are being ripped off by the American healthcare industry.
Personally, I rather pay a 10% tax to cover healthcare rather than 20% of my salary to insurance premiums.