The Canadians in my extended family are in many ways the kind of rugged self-reliant farmer types us Americans would be proud of having in our families. Yet, decades of "free" healthcare and such has made them loyally vote for more government control over their lives with no talking them out of it. They think we're lying when we tell them we don't wait for a year and a half for hip replacements and such.
Th3 “free health care” nearly killed my uncle twice- he left because of it, as a matter of self preservation.
Our friend had a partial blockage in his heart... where we live they would correct this by installing stent almost immediately using angioplasty. But because they lived in England... he was put on a waiting list. They had plenty of money put away... my wife suggested that they take a “medical holiday” to Thailand or one of the other countries where this is a fairly inexpensive procedure.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/189973/cost-of-an-angioplasty-in-various-countries/
Instead after two years of living miserably and getting progressively worse... he died. This is the same road we are likely heading down but Canada, England and other Common Wealth countries are ahead of us.