Yup, you got that right, Bill.

It is the maintenance of the same old tired old "the free market is always best" mythology in the USA that maintains the grand illusion that all is well and proper...the myth just gets repeated again and again and again, and people believe it. They actually think they're better off without a universal health care system, equally available to all. And the rest of the (developed) world watches in astonishment and wonder that anyone could believe such an outrageous myth!

Such national myths are easy to believe for people exposed to them from childhood on. It's an act of faith, not based on any real observation, not based on any real thought about the matter, just the endless repetition of past accustomed behaviour and assumption.

"We are living in the Greatest Country on Earth...therefore our medical system must be the best."

Yeah, right. Sure thing. Uh-huh.