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It's no secret that the US healthcare system is a disaster, and of all developed nations, the US has some of the worst healthcare and overall health.
This Business Insider article mentions the 36 countries that have better healthcare than the US, from France in #1 to Costa Rica in #36.
My poll today is: What needs to change to bring the US closer to other developed nations in terms of healthcare quality, service and costs?
The 36 Best Healthcare Systems In The World - Business Insider
really, the only time you see wealthy americans going somewhere else for treatment is those who have essentially end stage cancer and think some stuff not legal in the USA will work for their disease (remember the Laetrile fad 30 years ago for cancer or radon gas enemas for AIDS 25 years ago?)
for people who are industrious enough to have good insurance, this is the best healthcare going