Ever lived in the U.S.?  I spent the last five years living there as a dual national.  I paid $8000 a year in premiums, had a $13,500 deductible for my wife and I and blood tests on average cost us $900 a pop....we never reached our deductible.  With the ACA, our premiums dropped to about $3,000 a year (after subsidies) but the deductible remained high.  This is not to mention the hassle of finding a doctor, a hospital and a lab that are "in network" otherwise what you spend is not counted against your deductible.  Canadian Conservatives love to comment on health care in the U.S. while not having a single clue about what it's really like to be injured or sick and have to decide if you can afford the $200 visit to the doctor or the $12,000 hospital stay.  I even paid for insurance to pay my insurance deductible in the event of an accident.   Trust me, most of the ignorance is solidly sitting on the right of this discussion.