France, Canada and even Mexico's public health care programs have a greater emphasis on PREVENTIVE care. Remove the millions of people who don't see a doctor because they have no insurance and no cash to pay for emergency visits and who ultimately become more seriously ill because of it, and you wil have a far less expensive government health care program. That's not "rationing." That's common sense.
"Preventative care" is simply a cynical code phrase for putting gubmint in charge of everything all the time.
Find even the most strained link between Twinkies and one type of cancer or another?....Ban them!!
Buying into the trans-fat hype?....Ban them!!
Think people are too fat?...Appoint a "Fitness Csar" and use the power of bureaucracy to turn doctors into snitches for the state.
Of course, we all know how well this "preventative care" worked for guys like Jimmy Fixx...Don't we?