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However, if you dont have the resources to fund the care, then this care is denied. (As a foreigner, if i got this wrong, please correct me)

Actually, at this point care is not normally denied. Most Americans that work have private health insurance; the poor that don't work can sign up for Medicaid. Medicare is offered to all seniors at 65 at a relatively low cost. Costs that are not covered by Medicare can be supplemented by a private policy that is also reasonable or both Medicare and supplementary coverage is offered by private insurance - cost is a little higher.

In the real world, medical coverage in the US is great, it just needs tweaking - it's getting expensive due to innovations, law suits and fraud in the case of the government run coverage. I'd say around 100 to 200 tweaks would do the trick - not a complete take over by the federal government.

I recently retired, now on Medicare and supplement insurance - coverage is good and if something drastic happens - coverage is available within that setup with few dollars out of pocket. So, no longer earning is not a problem except for those that cannot even afford Medicare and especially a supplemental policy would have a problem, but most of those people are on Medicaid anyway or can apply for Medicaid coverage at 65.

Another point - the relatively few that went to Spain, etc were those that wanted really cheap treatment, often optional procedures, by low-paid staff.

Here's the deal - the US can readily add those that do not have medical insurance to Medicare or Medicaid, done deal. But, no - the feds want to screw around with the entire system and make everyone pay more to provide coverage for everyone.

One additional important point - in America, no one is rejected that needs medical attention - they simply go to the hospital emergency room or to a clinic. The problem in this areas centers of illegal immigrants, especially from Mexico and within that thousands of Mexican mothers that want their baby to be an American citizen by having the baby in America. This must stop.

Aside from all that - the bottomline is that you live in more or less a Socialist country - we don't. We don't tell people how to live, how to eat, how to exercise, to stop having gay sex, not to take drugs or drink too much alcohol (well, we tell them but many don't listen), so why should we take on the responsibility for their health during their entire life time? People are free to make their own decisions and pay a price if they make bad ones.

In other words the cradle to grave ‘coverage’ by the federal government is simply BS in a capitalist country.