Honestly I can't complain about the health care out here. My fiance works for a health insurance co. I am on her plan, and when we went to the hospital yesterday I got awesome treatment.
I went in, screaming in pain, a very very nice mother and daughter let me go ahead of them (keep in mind this is the ER so who knows what their problems were)... They quickly got me hooked up to a saline IV to hydrate my body, and worked on getting me doped up for the pain. After an IV of saline and an IV of antibiotics I left the hospital with a prescription for 7 days worth of antibiotics... Hospital fee was $75 (I went to an emergency room that my hospital didnt cover) and the antibiotics cost $35 (insurance co didn't authorize it)
Free health care comes at a cost... We have awesome medical schools out here with very pricey tuitions, so out here the costs associated with medical care often pay back a portion of the loans the doctor has...
Also, I hear a lot about Canadian doctors running off to the USA to work for more money... I can't say I blame them... So far my only bad opinion of health care in the USA is the health care offered by counties and states. The "free" health care that is offered to individuals who cannot pay their own, or do not have employees that will sponsor them.
Just some observations with a little fact thrown in from my lady.
Regardless, everyone SHOULD watch the way they eat, and not consume too many sodas... otherwise ya might end up like me