Like, sorry, but not being from the US the whole idea of a "margin" when running a hospital is insane. Hospitals are paid from our ample taxes and the patient pays nothing - there is no room for profit there, not should there be one.
Let's assume UK. Less. US physicians earn about twice what their UK peers do, US RNs about 1.5x https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
>how long do patients wait for care
About the same or longer, in general UK consumes less healthcare per person, but...
>what is the level of care
Better outcomes in the UK https://www.pgpf.org/article/how-does-the-us-healthcare-syst... and longer UK life expectancy https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2025/11/health-at-a-gla... (and of course US has higher levels of chronic illness https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/how-has...
All for far less (share of GDP) than US https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?locat...