The great social experiment - Part 1

I have the extreme pleasure to visit one of my favorite places, Australia and New Zealand. Alas, this is not a travelogue but social commentary. New Zealand took the steps in 1973 we are contemplating now when they implemented universal health care. So far, I've interviewed nearly a dozen Kiwis and Aussies about how this is working for them. Proponents of a single payer system have told us that there would be no increase in costs, that rationing will not occur and the quality of care would increase.
I this series, we will look at how the last 37 years have worked for the two countries. We will see what promises have been kept and which have been broken; we will not venture into whether the system is good or bad. We will offer some ideas about the value to the societies as a whole.