Mark Steyn, who is a Canadian commented on the Canadian lady giving birth to quadruplets in Great Falls, Montana. It is probably a joke, but Steyn comments that in Canad there is a 10 month waiting period for the maternity ward. I also a similar story about socialized medicine in Great Britain. In that case the lady was in the hospital, but couldn't get help from the staff, so her Mother helped her give birth. In that case the baby died. My guess is that reporters could come up with more anecdotal failures of medicine in socialist countries than in the US. If they wanted to. Given the liberal bias of the media it is doubtful that they want to. Sometimes reporters are motivated by the hope for professional recognition such as a Pultizer Prize, and will investigate something regarded as being politically correct. But it is doubtful that any rewards would be expected for revealing deficiencies in medical care in other countries.