Here in Australia we have government managed healthcare that works, and in my opinion works rather well. See Medicare Australia.
We also pay for private health insurance, mostly for the convenience factor of avoiding waiting lists for non-urgent treatment that we may need in the future. Our government also provides a 30% premium subsidy to encourage the purchase of private health insurance for those that can afford it. They also provide exemptions to the Medicare levy for low-income earners. This is how a government shows its citizens that it’s working for them rather than itself.
From what I understand, the US health system by comparison appears severely lacking. Somewhat odd too is the fact that it is provided as part of a salary package? What’s the go with that? And why is an employer responsible for their employee’s healthcare?
I’ve watched a number of documentaries about the US health system in the past, and while I take documentaries with a grain of salt, I was interested to see much of what I had heard in documentaries was backed up in this Wikipedia article, which if you read it is rather damning: