I can't help but pitch in here, while the world may be going to hell in a hand basket I'm dubious that its from socialized medicine. On that note, why the hell did they open it up to the whole EU, that seems like a bad idea all around. As for our system, it isn't socialized it is still firmly run by private insurance, private hospitals, and private doctors. Subsidizing the insurance market is a giveaway to the insurance companies who are getting rich off of providing a miniscule percentage of your medical expenses unless you have need of a major procedure (till you hit your limit and they kick you out). Really the only part of our system that is socialized is the VA which is corrupt at the bones with contract giveaways. Basically our system is a capitalist medical system which is fundamentally at odds with itself since the share holder and stake holder are not the same individual. So the insurance mechanism is absorbing the vast majority of revenues, Doctors are getting paid less, and the consumer of medical services is paying their way still and not assured of getting the most for their effort! Meanwhile there is an investment tool that is making obscene profits off woes of people.
There hasn't been a mechanism to unify treatments nor has there been a structure to keep costs even close to relative either so in our free market system you can't even count on paying for the best service or treatment. The AMA was one of the first lobbies but have been surpassed by the insurance and pharma lobby, unfortunately the only thing that these powers that control our system have in common is that it's in their best interest that people stay in need of their services, just as they're offered.