Which is stupid, since it all predicates on the fact that they wanted high end treatment centers which weren't covered in their insurance plans- meaning they actually were covered, and since that wasn't during the bad old HMO days (which we're now entering again), public school teacher union benefits are likely to have been very generous. The equivalent in Europe is someone saying that they're too good for the national health service and want X private provider instead, and have to make meth to afford it.Aye that's why there was a comic:
Breaking Bad: Anywhere but America Edition
Not that this would stop anyone trying to make cheap political points in Hollywood.