Sasquatch,do you fight for your country or do you fight for a salary?
In america, we are allowed to enlist for money and benefits. I did. I even took a bonus for a one year extension.
Im not sure what you are implying, but a doctor who does it for money can save as many lives as one who does it for ideals and one who does it for ideals can make as much money as one who does it for that reason.
On that note, anyone who believes I wasn't a model service member to the US Navy because I signed up with salary and benefits in mind, speak up and Ill tell you why you are both wrong and garbage.

Anyway, yes Rowan, we know Australia is terminally socialist and regretting it. The point of the thread is that Americans don't want to be a socialist country where those who complain the loudest are given benefits at the expense of the hardworking.

Alpha, a person who is able to work and cannot afford healthcare has one of two problems, either they lack a marketable job skill, or they are spending / have spent themself into debt.
Unsurprisingly, most people suffer from debt more than anything else.
The reason is that their money is spent before the paycheck even comes in. Especially in america we see this problem often:
People will buy a $20,000 car because the dealer says they can afford the monthly payments. They buy an Iphone because it'll help them "stay organized", they spend more money on alcohol, tattoos and weed than they do on food every year and they buy gold jewlery so they can "look legit".
Thats where their healthcare is going. Just look at facebook and there's your proof.