Yes, of course the care isn't free. But it is largely paid for through taxes and from what I understand, the US doesn't actually spend less on healthcare than other countries like mine where we don't personally pay for healthcare, nor are taxes necessarily a huge amount lower. It's not a perfect system here, for example there's no universal dental coverage. But I like that my healthcare isn't tied to whether I have a job or not. Anyone can receive hospital/doctor/etc services without incurring any sort of bill. And if I have extended health insurance, which many people with jobs do, that insurance does not need to kick in to cover any sort of hospital/doctor type fees. So there's no possibility of me being bankrupted over a medical issue. That's all. I'll stop, this isn't the forum for this sort of talk, I'm sure.