Think Americans take their health care for granted?

Take a look at what’s happening in Central Europe:

In the Czech Republic, you can now see a doctor for about $1.85. A day in the hospital can verge on $4. This is not cause for celebration.

A patient at Motol Hospital. A day in a Czech hospital costs about $4. Many Czechs see free care as a matter of principle.

For Czechs, who visit their doctors more often than anyone else in Europe, it has led to great outrage.

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