"Can a person with a full time job at a skilled profession and 8 years' experience of hard work at the trade get medical care?" they do, evidently you are not that Or you need a new job. BTW it was due to Obama care that health insurance cost went up the roof. BUT answer me this, how come my mom who is still single, had a total 3 kids to raise (2 when she came to the country), never had food stamps of financial aid, has medical care and is not complaining about it. Also neither of her 3 now adult children, we all have good health coverage, and not complaining about it.... the problem is you, not the way the system has been working for decades. NOW you have the freedom to move to those countries with free medical. I dare you, get out of your comfort zone and the the needful to get a job that is in high demand OR move to one of those countries with "free" medical care, that or keep b**ching about a system that has worked for decades until your last day. The choice is yours my friend, are you going to remain in your comfort zone or are you going to man up and take action? I will tell you, there is no such thing as "free" medical care, it comes at a cost one way or another. Doctors, nurses, receptionists, maintenance crew, organizational and leadership crew DO get paid, they do not work for free. When was the last time you worked for free? Why should a doctor work for free? It does comes at a cost. I tell you what, in none of those countries is the government that pays for it. So, then it is the people that pay for it. So why should I pay for the health of people I do not know? I rather pay for a medical visit right and then when I need it, than constantly paying for other people's health conditions, cosmetic treatments and sex change treatments. The issue here is that people do not look around and wonder "how is he/she making it and why am I not?" or ask those people that are making it for suggestions and feedback so that they can too make it. Instead they just want to bitch about their condition. Look around you bro, just looks around you.