Even Boris Johnson can't hold a candle to the imbecility of Trump. And a parliamentary system generally acts as a better safeguard of sensible governance. UK might not be doing great right now, but I feel tentatively positive about the next 5-10 years.
Plus, as a self-employed business owner, I need health care, and I'm not confident that Obamacare will survive the next administration.
Hhhm, no not really unless you are in the bottom 30% of earners in the US.
You can get US-like outcomes (or worse) on the NHS with the waiting list, or you can get good health care on time with private health insurance. However, you have to pay for the NHS (via National Insurance and higher income taxes) either way on top of private health insurance.
Quality of life and life expectancy/hospital outcomes like Cancer 5 years survival rate, stage of diagnosis are generally worse or equal in the UK to the healthcare the majority of Americans receive. The UK stats are on paper equal or only slightly better on a population basis, but strip out people in the UK with private healthcare or look at it regionally and you will see the sad truth that the NHS has pretty bad outcomes. As in our left wing politicians in power are calling it broken. It is very bad. Really really bad.
If you take out people on private healthcare, there is little difference in outcomes, and you'll be paying the same at the end of the day, just in the UK, without sufficient coverage, options to pay massive sums for the top treatments are often not available in the first place.
What kind of prices for private health care are we talking about? For me, single, in California, the price for good insurance without any subsidies would be around $800/month. And that doesn't include the deductible (~$3000) or copays.
Plus, as a self-employed business owner, I need health care, and I'm not confident that Obamacare will survive the next administration.