Most of our citizens... Probably.
Spineless Government... Probably not.
In Australia we get a rebate on tax if we hold private cover. The rebate is generally larger if you hold better cover up to a certain level of income where you can clearly afford both.
Hospital + extras for myself and wife was about 3k last year.
For things like regular scripts I'm on some stupid expensive drugs but because of PBS instead of 20,000 per month I pay $35 ish per script until hitting a safety net threshold and it drops to $5 per script.
After turning 31 if you don't get private cover it costs more for each year you don't get it when you eventually do. It's to encourage people to get it if they can afford it. I'm not a fan but that's how it works at the moment
I find it depends on the show.
There's some that use a set formula and you can tell if it's your cup of tea pretty early.
For example:
X's a cop but y's...
The Devil
Immortal
A robot
A zombie
A serial killer
A cannibal
But some other shows might take longer to get into and figure out if they're for you due to complexity or number of characters.
I think Sense8 or The Expanse would be a good example of that