I live in Canada and I am over 55. I still work, but not for health care. I make about $75,000 a year and my total tax bill (federal and provincial) comes to about $10,000 per year. That includes health care and despite rumours to the contrary, the quality of care is very good. Single payer systems pay off for just about every country in the world except the US. Seen from afar, America's inability to even consider cheaper options is truly baffling. Don't get me wrong, I love your country, I just wish you could do better for yourselves.

Walter Delaporte

The only reason my husband can retire this year is that we will receive retiree health benefits. Otherwise he would have to work until I was old enough for Medicare--he'd be 73.

And boy do they know how to waste money!

I'm 51. My health insurance in the US was about $700/mo. Now I sold the biz and retired. I left the US and carry an international health care policy. I can be treated anywhere in the world by any doctor of my choosing. It costs $90/mo (with the proviso that there is NO coverage in the US) ... the problem is the US. They are at the vanguard of creating new drugs and treatments, and totally incapable of providing them to the people. US is very last week, countries toast. And they'll be the last to know