"Let us remind ourselves that in Cuba the road to medical-care hell was paved with the same good intentions. ... At the end of the 20th century, Cuba was infamous for having one of the best health-care systems in the world."
The problem in Russia was inept bureaucracy. The problem in the US is politicians who want to strengthen the profits of the established medical/insurance industry. The problems have nothing to do with the merits of free health care for all.