I don't understand health care in the US. I live in Argentina, that's like being the most-dysfunctional and mentally challenged cousing in an already dysfuncti

I don't understand health care in the US. I live in Argentina, that's like being the most-dysfunctional and mentally challenged cousing in an already dysfunctional extended family (South & Central America). We have lots of issues with health care here, _specially_ for those that work on our own (I don't exactly work on my own, but working for a foreign company is more or less the same). There are lot of stories going around (some of them I know first hand because some relative's kid has a rather strange syndrome, and getting their health care org to cover that was an impossible task) but still, the "You broke your leg here's a 50K bill" kind of story I often get from the us is a total and utter madness. I kind of enjoy in a bewildered amusement these public displays of lobbying, thought.