I went to a walk in clinic a few months ago to get antibiotics for a severe sinus infection and I have insurance. I had to pay a $50 copay. While I was waiting

I went to a walk in clinic a few months ago to get antibiotics for a severe sinus infection and I have insurance. I had to pay a $50 copay. While I was waiting another customer walked up who did not have insurance and was charged $99. A few weeks later I was billed an additional $97 because my insurance refused some items. The clinic is allowed to charge some customers more than others, that seems unreasonable. The root issue though is that health care is a for profit business. While I understand that profits are what drives drug companies to assume the risk of new drug development, people should not be forced to decide between going to the doctor or dentist to get important medical help or paying the rent. Many high cost procedures could be eliminated if they were caught earlier with affordable preventative care. Health care costs are further driven up by the hospital having to initially eat the cost of treating uninsured people. Prior to obamacare both of my parents were uninsured due to being self employed and pre-existing medical conditions. In a span of a week my father had a heart attack and my mother shattered her arm (requiring surgery). Total cost was over $80,000. They of course could not pay that and defaulted. Once Obamacare was introduced they both signed up and had insurance. Long story short if you provide affordable options for people they will generally take it. Basic human decency states that the cost of medical care should never be prohibitive enough to stop people from seeking the care they need. If Europe can make it work I see no reason the US cannot.