[turdprincess]

America is a land of inequality. There are many people (poor) which have bad healthcare, but for many others (the wealthy, stably employed), healthcare is excellent.

If you have a good job with a good PPO plan, this healthcare is just incredible. You are free to see any doctor you want, including specialists without any gatekeeping.

Want to see the best orthopedic surgeon in the world who just fixed Lebron James's knee? Make a call and get an appointment within a few weeks paying a 30 dollar fee. Want to see 10 more orthopedic surgeons to get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opinions? Same process.

Decide to have a surgery? Sure! Sign up to have that done in a few weeks, eventually paying $250 out of pocket for the whole experience, including overnight hospital stays and physical therapy.

Having spent some good time hanging out in facebook groups for my condition with international patients, its pretty much always evident that they dont have this kind of freedom in picking their doctor, getting a surgery quickly, and also often lack cutting edge and modern treatments that are offered in the states.

I totally understand that this system is very unfair, and there is whole subset of people that have no access to care, but it should be noted that if you are in the top 50% of society financially, and especially if you have a difficult health condition you manage there is no healthcare system better in the world to do that then the USA.

[bryanrasmussen]

I'm pretty sure it can't be the top 50% of society that has this, because that would mean it was average or even median. I expect it can probably start to happen from the top 25% up