Not many people on this side of The Pond know that our British cousins can purchase "private" health insurance to complement (or supplement) their government-sponsored health care. This despite the fact that health care in Britain is "free," "readily available," and of "high quality."
Recently, a relatively new British blogger has come on the scene. with some interesting (and enlightening) insights into what works, and what doesn't, in Merry Olde England. His name is Andrew McDonald, and he runs the Private Health Insurance Guide Blog. Andy describes himself as just "an ordinary person, who, like millions of others, is concerned by the quality of the UK healthcare system."
I've read some of his recent posts, and been favorably impressed. If you'd like to see what someone who actually lives and works under a system after which (some) folks would like to model ours, I heartily recommend that you drop by Andy's place.