What can you tell us Yanks about Healthcare in the UK

Hospitals are a shrewdly run business, with beds at their minimal... so money then becomes a big part of how the system runs.... get more patients in - kick the "outliers" out.... this process means that those discharged too early end up being readmitted for further treatment......

To some extent that's due to several decades of governments trying to move the system towards a more "capitalist" model, with an internal market and public-private partnerships.