I really can't understand the whole discussion about public healthcare in US. What I don't get is how still you are talking about money, and not about health.
If i was american I'd be worried by the fact that the USA, the most powerful nation in the world, have one of the lowest life expentancy among the first world nations.
Here in Italy is a mess on too many things, but still my girlfriend that is affected from multiple sclerosis is getting a treatment that would cost us 2500 euros every month as private.
My father had to do a delicate hearth surgery, and decided to go private, using his private health insurance. They denied it because it was a genetic issue. He went public and now two years after the surgery he is alive and healthy.
I hope you all get a socialist healtcare system ASAP