Do we really want the government to manage our health care?

Liberals, with a decidedly paternalistic outlook on the nation, would dearly love to have the government run our health care system, the way the British government, for example, runs their health care system. Does anything about the rollout of the heath care websites give any confidence that the government can do this without massively screwing up? Does anything about the British health care system (currently 2.9 million Britains are waiting to get into a hospital) give anyone any confidence our government can run a health care system?