Many critics of the U.S. health care system claim the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is understandable because health insurance companies occasionally refuse to cover certain medical treatments. And they often assert that if the country were to embrace a U.K. or Canadian-style government-run health care system, no one would be denied care. Those critics are either misinformed or intentionally trying to deceive the public, because government-run health care systems frequently delay or deny needed medical care.

It's true the U.S. health care system has many problems — problems made much worse by the Democrats’ Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The primary reason for our dysfunctional health care system is the convoluted economic incentives imposed on it. But that’s a topic for another day.

The goal today is to demonstrate, by relying on stories from the media and professional organizations, that those preferred government-run health care systems have serious problems.

Last February CNN reported, “Tens of thousands of nurses and nearly 12,000 ambulance workers went on strike Monday over pay and working conditions in the biggest walkout in the 75-year history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS).” The........

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