More Republican health care deflection

So now we have a Republican, Senator JohnBarrasso of WY, talking about how foreign leaders come to America for their health care, so that means our health insurance system is the best in the world. Kind of different things. My problem, for example, isn't that I can't find good asthma drugs in America. It's that they're three to five times the cost in America as they are in the rest of the world, and my American insurance won't cover them for more than a few months because my coverage kind of sucks even though it's the best I can buy.

Joe got great appendicitis surgery in America. Too bad it cost $25,000.

So, what is the relevance of the fact that our medical treatment is excellent in America if our insurance system doesn't permit a lot of us to get such treatment?

Every Republican knows that this is what we're talking about. Yes, they basically lie to the American people, and claim that somehow having great doctors proves that we can all afford to go the doctor, especially if we get a catastrophic illness.