The health of the people of a nation dwindles due to inadequate health care procedures. The life expectancy goes down as poorer people succumb to illnesses which could have been prevented by adequate attention earlier in the illness. However, a government would have an extremely difficult time providing universal health care. Taxes would have to be raised enormously to keep up with the surmounting bill of universal health care. Thus, in the process, the capitalistic approach saves the government an enormous amount of money and keeps taxes at a tolerable rate.
Socialism has many drawbacks.
While people are all cared for and treated adequately for their illnesses, the government struggles to keep up with the rising costs. The socialistic approach discourages responsibility because the people know the government is there to help them. Under universal health care, people tend to take advantage of the system and run to the doctor at every possible minute. This causes great financial heartache for the government and causes doctors to lose their initiative. They realize they will get money every time a patient comes in so they try to lure them in for unnecessary treatment.