In Canada about 10% of our yearly federal budget covers health care. That means I paid about $750 in taxes last year to get FULL health coverage for a whole year under the Canadian system. I got all hospital, doctor, and medical care FREE for a year after paying just $750 out of my income tax for my share of national health care.
Compare that to the $12,000 Carol and JtS had to spend for a year's policy with a high deductible and co-pay in the USA.
And there, in a nutshell, is the difference. Americans are being robbed. (and a great many of them apparently don't even know it)