For the country I'm singling out, it's Japan, because of the massive structural parity between the US and Japanese systems - both using private employer-driven insurance, private providers, and government subsidy for those who can't afford their own insurance. And both are modern first world countries with a first world standard of living and economic complexity.
Here's the thing that gets me... the US is the only first world country with either our costs (most are about half as much per capita) or our massive coverage gap (most provide universal coverage). This suggests to me that it's not so much there's a right way to do it, as there is a wrong way, because a wide variety of other approaches, from mostly-private (Japan) to mostly-socialized (Sweden) are all working just fine. It's only the US that is so broken.
Here's the thing that gets me... the US is the only first world country with either our costs (most are about half as much per capita) or our massive coverage gap (most provide universal coverage). This suggests to me that it's not so much there's a right way to do it, as there is a wrong way, because a wide variety of other approaches, from mostly-private (Japan) to mostly-socialized (Sweden) are all working just fine. It's only the US that is so broken.