A hospital stay in England illustrates the gaps in the American healthcare system. Susan Cornner, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2008 Hiking along the Dove River in England, I fell hard on my left hip. It was clear that I had broken something and that the rest of my vacation would be spent in a hospital 6,000 miles from home. Thus began my saga with national healthcare in the United Kingdom. Met first by local volunteers, then by an ambulance team, and finally by a helicopter crew, I was airlifted in severe pain to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. ... It