It's No Appalachian Emergency Room

Ah, the joys of the American system of health care and its associated costs. A while ago we applied for Israeli health insurance which allows us to utilize the Israeli clinic system and provides full benefits, much as you'd find in an American HMO. The cost? $365 for each of us - for an entire year! Yes folks, for one dollar a day we're fully insured. This annual cost is far below what we'd each have to pay if we had our own (non-work sponsored) health insurance in the U.S.A. What's wrong with our system?!