> The fundamental truth about health care is that no amount of taxation or insurance can live up to the demand. Yup. It's worth all of your money for me to liv

> The fundamental truth about health care is that no amount of taxation or insurance can live up to the demand. Yup. It's worth all of your money for me to live an extra day—to me. That's the fundamental problem with insurance and end-of-life care. > If you go the insurance way of the US and try to let market forces rule then you end up with highly inflated prices It should be noted that while the U.S. employer-purchased insurance model is extremely broken, it's not really a free-market model. We've not had a free market in healthcare for a very long time (and of course, if we did have one, there would be issues about fraudulent marketing and credentials). And let's not even get into issues of personal responsibility and choice. Should others underwrite lung care for smokers? AIDS medicines for the promiscuous? Mental treatment for drug users?Are some personal choices acceptable, and others not? Who decides? If a majority, who protects the minority?