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In practice most countries are mixed having private and government funded ("socialised") care, including the UK and the US I think - medicare is I think government funded?

The issue in the US seems more that the system has been corrupted by special interests. I guess the fix is maybe more fixing the political system a bit?

The whole term "socialised" is a bit indicative of the politics. You don't call other stuff that is government funded socialised like US's socialised road construction or socialised military?