In my life as an international professional surf bum, all I can say is the U.S. has the worst healthcare of any country in the world, (including emerging nations.) When I got accute bronchitis while in Spain, I went to the main hospital in Barcelona, sat in the emergency room for about 20 minutes, and then was seen by two nurses and an MD. The cost of the hospital visit was free, and the medication I was prescribed was affordable compared to what it would have cost me in the U.S. which is rapidly becoming a third world nation. Now, at age 73, all I can say is that I hope to die quickly; so, if I get ill and end up in an American hospital, either my wife or I will make sure they know DNR will be my first order of the day. I recently read that when Medicare gets chopped by 25%, nursing homes will begin evicting their residents; great country that drafted me to lay my life on the line in order to make some huge corporations even wealthier. Thanks for the Parkinson's Disease, Uncle Sam. Here I am standing next to my fresh from China, broken e-trike which was supposed to be my transportation. I should have ordered it directly from China; couldn't have been a worse deal--took me two months to get a partial reimbursement from Lectric, an AZ based e-bike company who let me to believe they "make" good solid equipment. Can't trust anyone from ripping you off anymore. The VA told me that as soon as they make a determination on my PD, I will become eligible for power wheelchair--can hardly wait.