Rosi, I was specifically responding to why the US does not have universal health coverage and why many falsely believe it "bad". I was not comparing Americans and Europeans overall. Certainly I feel all peoples around the world (all) are good.

Catholicism was certainly far from being the primary reason for the majority of immigration to the "New World" or US. That's a huge topic. As for Jan Hus, you're right that many of his followers were forbidden to practice their beliefs, but my husband says he's not aware of any really going to the US. Jan Hus was around only into the early 1400s. There were no major groups of settlers in the US from Europe before the early 1600s (or a few before). In recent centuries, people in Bohemia and Moravia were not pushed away for non-Catholic beliefs. In fact, around the time of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (early 1900s, before the communist years), Czechoslovakians had a lot of religious freedom and many even fell away from it. Now, Czech Republic is the #1 least religious country in the world. Putting that aside, one might think that all Christians would favor universal coverage, as it would seem the Christian thing to do. Yet some don't. Certainly many people in the US of various faiths (and none) deep down wish there was universal coverage, or don't know it would benefit them. I believe it can and does fit even in an otherwise capitalist society. Many European countries are capitalist, but with good safety nets. No country needs to be a strictly "dog eat dog"/"survival of the fittest" place. That's ruthless! 10% of the US population owns 69% of the country's wealth and they also have extreme control over the majority. Of that 69% of wealth, the top 1% owns about 32% of it. In many cases, the wealthiest pay the least taxes in terms of percentage of their earnings. That's the case because they make it the case.