>>You would be surprise how many people think the "socialize" health care is a bad idea. I would say the majority.
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>And how do you think that may have come about? (I'm quite sure you're right, by the way).

I think the people's value here are different. I think Americans have a different attitute about something being "free". There is no such thing as a "free lunch". We are more willing to earn what we get. We tend not to help those that aren't willing to help themselves first.

Of course I'm speaking in general terms here.

>They spread the myth that anyone in the US who 'shows up' at any hospital has to be seen/treated, but the omit that hospitals have systems in place to make sure that they don't get such people.

I strongly disagree. I've said this before to you. Parkland Hospital, a county run hospital, accepts anyone. My mother was a nurse there for thirty five years. The emergency room is full of uninsured patients including many undocmented individuals. So, when people from other countries claim that in U.S. one can't get health care w/o insurance I know it's not true. Publically run hospitals rarely turn away patients. If they do, it's not becuase of [lack of] insurance. In fact I think I can say with some certainty that the uninsured people in US may even get better treatment then patients in countries that have "socialized" health care.