With the way they defend the system I could see that being the case, only Americans are delusional enough to think their health system is actually good, even though it's literally guaranteed bankruptcy
Naw, you miss the point. It's guaranteed bankruptcy for lazy, jobless,
(mostly brown) people. You're not lazy or jobless,
right?
In other words, it's Stockholm syndrome for the terminally overprivileged. Mix in enough rumors about long wait times and poor service and it convinces enough people to keep meaningful change from happening.
I really wish I had done the expat thing when I got out of the military. Too late now.