I don't normally weigh in on these threads but I thought I might on this one because I live in Maryland. There is always more to this story. For example, she had no transportation, so even though there is a low costfree clinic in Baltimore, she had no way of getting there. Medicaid will not cover transportation costs, but he wasn't sick enough for an ambulance so how was he supposed to get to the dentist?

Unfortunately in most countries there is a two (or more) tiered healthcare system. One for the well insured (or wealthy) and one for the rest of us. Neither the "socialized" systems in Europe and Canada or the free market system in the US can continue to exist in their current structures. The entry of the baby boomers in to retirement will force all the countries to re-evaluate their systems and what health care is.