US health care is still the best in the world.
Health insurance was destroyed with this government takeover:
In July 1965, under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, Congress enacted Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history.
Physicians and hospitals had to accept the mandatory reduced fees set by government bureaucrats - misnamed ‘Reasonable & Customary’.
Commercial Insurance companies were service oriented, actuarially sound and limited or excluded coverage for elective surgery, pre-existing conditions and certainly abortions. Employer plans were comprehensive and inexpensive. Young, healthy working people paying for each other and catastrophic illnesses and injuries.
Great days for a great product which government meddling has ruined.
Someone who lost his healthcare under obama told me, that he realized not having health insurance was surprisingly cheap.