Let's talk about Germany, where they are raising taxes and cutting drug benifits to balance their health care program:
The measure is part of an overhaul of health care intended to plug an 11-billion euro ($13.8 billion) deficit in the public health-insurance system in 2011. It follows Cabinet agreement on June 29 to cuts in spending on drugs to reduce soaring costs to public health-insurance funds.
Neat.
Keep in mind, Germany was supposed to be one of the places where government run health care 'works'.