SASless if you read the article you will see a patient is going to the US because his tiny tiny province doesnt have the expertise. This has nothing to do with systems or money. In the UK we do the complex surgery for Malta - a full member of the EU and a prosperous country that is just too small to provide for an operation that might be needed once a year. Even New Zealand exports its citizens for less common treatments not justifiably covered in a population of 4.5m. Doing these operations locally would be dangerous as the doctors would not have the experience - bit like only flying a couple of hours a year. That was the basis we expanded EMS in the US into interhospital transfers for trauma
You are fortunate to have several layers of insurance. Many of your fellow citizens cant afford any insurance and then have to pay a federal tax penalty of $400!!! ERs and primary care centres do not provide proper care for chronic illness (asthma, diabetes, hypertension) which needs ongoing supervision not occasional emergency salvage.
I am not a US citizen so you are welcome to tell me to stop poking my nose in BUT so many Americans have been fed rubbish about 'socialist medicine' and even death committees that there is no real debate as to how to provide universal healthcare which many would argue should be as much a right as universal education or universal freedoms enshrined in your constitution.