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RFK Jr is more of a blow to morale than anything.
Calling the network of private and state hospitals in the colonies a vast healthcare system, as though it is something that a fed secretary can directly control, is a wild mischaracterization. Under Trump 1, the CDC failed so miserably that it meaningfully damaged the social contract on the continent and it stayed broken.
Because my family needs specialist optometry sometimes, and my region's healthcare system was already so crumbly, we found affordable optometry in Ontario. Not only was it cheaper near the Universities towards central Ontario, the care was better quality. Out of pocket care was about 20% cheaper in Ontario than in bordering states in the colonies.
Obviously this sort of travel is prohibitive for many, but depending on what your needs are, it may be a better or the only option.
One thing that many more people in the colonies can do is learn how to source drugs from safer places (like Ontario or Chile).