There's no need to reinvent the wheel. The British system works very well and they would probably jump at the opportunity to send some of their experts to help America out.

We already borrowed their language, their foot-pound measurement system, and the ideas from their Magna Carta. We might as well jump on the bandwagon with their healthcare system too.

Plus we would seem less arrogant to the rest of the world, which is always a good thing. We could copy the French or the Canadians but that would be a little too humiliating.

According to the WHO, France followed by Italy have the best health systems in the world. The British system is certainly much better than ours, but let's learn from the best.

Look at the strengths and weaknesses of each, pick and choose the best parts for us.

I'd be a nice start. Certainly when keeping in mind that life-expectancy and average quality of physical health of the British is significantly higher than the same of average Americans. On the other hand, the Dutch seem to take the (medical) Cake where it comes to a hybrid Private/National healthcare system. Of course I am biased, being Dutch and all of that, but having lived there for close to forty years and now nearly 15 years in America I have had the opportunity to compare both systems. It baffles me to notice that so many Americans willy-nilly choose and rabidly cling to the system that costs the average (health-insurance covered) American at twice as much for less than half of the service and quality thereof as compared with most European healthcare systems (and that presently includes most of the Former Soviet Block countries!!!).