A lot of it depends on the medical insurance coverage you select. There are lots of health plans here, some with higher deductibles than others. Each one has its pluses and minuses.

I agree -- I think the media reaction is what is making this seem larger than it is. The folks living on the street or with limited means are always going to have a problem securing adequate health care; that's probably no different today versus 25 years ago, or even 25 years from now. There are still low cost and public medical clinics scattered throughout major cities for these folks to use.

Granted, I can't afford to be whisked away to Europe on a private jet to have access to the latest medical breakthroughs and achievements. But then neither can most of the population.

The media needs to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges, not mix them up.