And what a tragic story it would have been if he had become unconscious along the way, the car stopping somewhere on the side of the road and it takes too long to find and help him.
Private enterprise, trying to maximize profit. Public services, trying to minimize costs. Mostly works.
This form of socialist self insurance is much more efficient than a bunch of private ambulance companies selling subscriptions (aka "ambulance insurance").
The dysfunction you describe seeing and that I've seen are same coin, different sides.
The USA is nowhere to being as bad as a typical communist country.
I agree, but we still have a long way to go to being as good as other first world countries, like Canada, England, and the Nordic systems.
I'm somewhat surprised you think you live in a country (I assume you're in the US) that everyone gets care regardless of their financial circumstances.
It's only ignorance that would make a US citizen think that it's better than the rest of the world, except third world countries.
Cancer drugs are priced at the maximum cost that the US health system will bear.
You can thank your politicians for being in the pocket of the drug companies.