Continuing my research into the health-care systems of other countries, here are a few resources that provide additional information.
In a comment to yesterday's posting, Burns referred to an NPR Talk of the Nation program about Canada's health-care system. I searched the web site and believe this program is the one he was referring to.
I also found an interesting Wikipedia article that compares the Canadian and American systems.
Finally, this AP article shows the irony of Britons' views of their system, which is prone to criticism within the country — unless Americans are dissing it.