"Free" healthcare is actually massively subsidized by our own taxes, which can reach as much as 52% where I live. We also have paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), good public transport, paid sick leave, and all the goodies that make a society civilized.

That translates to a happier and healthier population, surprisingly or not, where out of the top 10 happiest countries in the world, 9 are European, and the 10-th is not the US: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-...

The stats for longevity are similar, and the US is, unfortunately but not unsurprisingly, not in the top 10.