Great Moments in Socialized Medicine (Continued) Health Care Policy With the latest reports of health care spending in the U.S rising to an all-time high, its always useful to look to the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) as an example of what not to do in order to reduce health care costs: have government ration care. Mother's fury at five-month wait for son's new wheelchair Cut man's 27-hour hospital wait Row over ambulance waiting times Posted by Stuart Browning 11 Jan 2006 @ 7:11am