I found a lump in my neck (superclavicular lymph node) in April. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in late June. 9 months later, more than 70 medical appointments and treatments, an ultrasound, two chest x-rays, a CT scan, an echo cardiogram, a respiratory study, and two PET scans, plus two courses of clot busters and a bunch of prescription medicines and the only thing I've paid for out of pocket is parking and the hospital where I have my treatments just put in free parking for cancer patients.
But, of course, I live in a civilized country where health isn't seen as a source of profit.
Single payer healthcare is so complex that only 22 of the 23 most developed countries in the world have managed to do it.
The US medical system is grotesque.