OMG! ISRAEL HAS GONE MARXIST AND...

no one told me!  Seriously, though, the point is that Israel has a mostly government-run health care system.  I was tipped off about this by an article in the Forward (Glenda Beck Alert!) -

...in 1995, when 4% of the population was uninsured, the government made coverage universal by passing the National Health Insurance Law. It meant that everybody had the right — and obligation — to be covered by one of the country’s four not-for-profit HMOs. Residents of the country pay from income-related contributions collected through the tax system, which cover around 40% of HMOs’ costs. The state pays the remaining 60%.