When I need a critical surgery to, say, survive the next year then I'm not sure I'd really want (or be able) to "shop around" in that situation. I'm all for fr

When I need a critical surgery to, say, survive the next year then I'm not sure I'd really want (or be able) to "shop around" in that situation. I'm all for free markets, perhaps even all the way down to flu medics and such. But please, when life is at stake, can't we find a way to use some of our excessive wealth to provide basic help to everyone who needs it? And with "excessive wealth" I'm looking specifically at the health insurance industry that is making billions in profit every year. If there is a symptom pointing at the fundamental flaw in our system then it would be this.