[ben_w]

The UK has the NHS, the HNS is funded by the UK government (as is, if I understand right, healthcare tuition in the UK), and it seems to be one of the best value-for-money medical systems around (somewhat subjective: others are better while being more expensive, others are cheaper but don’t do as much), but despite all that, even the NHS gets criticised for not covering all medicines and surgeries.

So yes, there is a scarcity, even if it’s only in the opportunity cost of what else can be done with the same money, like roads and fire brigades.