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'Cause if it's on TV, it must be true. 
Let me clue you in on how it would work in the real world. As a public school teacher, Walter White would have "Cadillac" health insurance courtesy of the local taxpayers. His premiums would cost next to nothing, and the insurance would cover just about every cent of whatever treatment he would undergo.
I will take US health care every day of the week and twice on Sunday over any NHS-style system.
I really shouldn't be wading into this one... but this was true at one point of time, but is not any longer. Over the past 20 years, during economic downturns coupled with rising premiums, negotiations over teachers contracts ended up with the option: you can get a % raise *or* we can continue to provide full healthcare coverage. Many districts opted for the former, since it will compound and likely be a better deal in the long run. My current district covers a single person at the lowest HMO rate. Anything further (spouse, family, a PPO) is out of pocket. A previous district I worked in didn't even cover a single person enrolled in the cheapest HMO. I've never worked in a district that covered the family rate, which was pretty much standard 20 years ago.
A variety of factors have slowly chipped away at the benefits of public school employees changing it from legendary to good. The low salaries worked when benefits were legendary, but it's now getting tough to convince anyone to choose the profession when we have very little to offer beyond "Feel good about what you do. Most of the time. Sometimes. Ok, maybe once or twice a year." Our district, which is above the median for pay in the area, had a math classroom without a teacher for the entire year. Two of the new math teachers we hired were not renewed after their first year. I'm deeply concerned that things are about to get really, really bad.
