In the US though there is a sad twist to this story. I know a family with a mentally ill adult daughter. They have health insurance, but insurance doesn't want to cover "unnecessary treatments." Sometimes when the daughter has had a psychotic episode or another acute difficulty, insurance has not been willing to cover inpatient treatment/overnight stays. On at least one occasion, the family has waited with fear and danger to figure out how she can get treatment, only to get the blessed call from the police: Your daughter hasn't hurt anyone else (yet), but she totaled her car/got caught stealing/got found by police in the street; since we've arrested her and do believe she's a threat to herself or others we can admit her on a 72 hour hold. And now insurance will cover it.

When compulsory doctor visits are not working, care is not available to those who need it in the US because of cost and insurance. It's not government taking away our freedom here, and it's a pity more Americans don't see this.