Universal Healthcare: Is the USA too big?

One of my clients had to travel to London to study their healthcare system as a part of her graduate level study program. She felt that she paid more taxes on everything that she purchased while there. The extra taxes probably funded the cost of London's universal healthcare system.

Now, grab your world globe. Look at the size of the country of London. Look at the size of the country of France. These countries have universal healthcare coverage for their people; however, these countries are smaller than the United States of America. They service less people. They have less people to service compared to the United States of America.

Many countries are the size of one of our States in the United States of America (USA).

So the United States of America is the size of 50 countries or more. That is a lot of people.

Okay, I know that I sound a little redundant, but people really need to see the big picture: The United States of America would be first country of its size to make universal healthcare work if we can make it work.?

Now, don't misunderstand, I feel President Obama has the right "American spirit" with "ObamaCare", but the United States is already having problems affording its existing public/government assistance programs already in place. (i.e. the national debt)

I believe the US National debt is in part to the war costs (George W. Bush administration) and in part to raising costs in public assistance programs.

The way I see it is that the United States is overextended in "credit" and implementing universal healthcare in the United States is going to continue to overextend us.

In theory, I like the idea of universal healthcare within the United States, but can we afford it?