As an Australian, we have two types of health cover. ‘Medicare’ is offered to everyone, regardless of employment status, and covers most of the costs of a GP visit, any emergency hospital treatment, non emergency but essential surgery, and a whole host of other treatment. Secondly, you can pay for private health cover, which costs a lot more, but gets you quicker access to more specialists and offers a rebate on a broader range of elective surgeries.
When I read about the US model, it seems that people tend to only have health cover through their employer, and so are stuck in a job unless they can move immediately to another.
Would workers be better off if health care was not tied to a job?