Not sure what Mexico’s state run healthcare coveres but I have a quick story.
We have a Mexican friend who still owns a large home in Mexico that his father was living in full time. Dad had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. Not sure how long he spent in there but the hospital demanded $10,000 from our friend or they would not release his dad. After dad was out of the hospital our friend was gathering up medical care things here (hospital bed, bedpans, etc.) to take back to Mexico for his father.
Our friend owns a restaurant here and everyone from his corner in Mexico knows it. Maybe they were just extorting money fom him.
All of these countries do not have fhe burden of developing anything. The US spends billions creating things, the other countries get the benefit of research and development without having to pay for it.
The article didn’t mention how these people that pay out of pocket deal with high ticket medical care such as cancer and heart attacks and other major operations or long term medical care. I’d be curious to know. Do they have catastrophic insurance?