Britain’s National Health Service is a monument to the saying that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It was created after World War II to heal a war-torn nation, and has turned into a Byzantine system that as the Independent put it is, “footing the bill for facelifts, nose jobs, liposuction, and breast augmentation when other patients are being denied life-saving cancer drugs on the grounds of cost.” Stories are too numerous to recount of British elderly – many World War II veterans – being denied care while unnecessary surgeries are rubber stamped.