This isn't really work related, but thought I'd share anway. I went skiing this weekend and miscalculated a jump that was higher that expected. Had a really bad fall about 3,5 meters and landed on my tailbone. I couldn't breath nor move and was in urgent need of medical aid. I was quickly examined up by a medical team of two people at the ski resort, before being taken to the ER. There, a doctor and a nurse examined me again and sent me in an ambulance with two medics to the hospital to get an xray of my back. Another nurse took my pictures, and then two other specialized doctors looked at them. Luckily, I didn't break or severly injure anything and was only given heavy painkillers by a third nurse. I was then sent home. I assume I spent about half a day in the hospital being watched and cared for.
A total of 10 medics of different sort helped me out, and I was treated by three different institutions (Ski resort, ER, hospital). The bill? I never got one. No questions asked about insurance. Just sent home with the painkillers and a “Take care and call is if the situation gets worse”.
This is the result of tax money being used to build up a working healthcare system that benefits those actually paying taxes, not greedy politicians and their rich friends.