I don't think emergency car repair and emergency healthcare are comparable. You can take the bus or walk. If you mess up you can junk your car or upgrade to a

I don't think emergency car repair and emergency healthcare are comparable. You can take the bus or walk. If you mess up you can junk your car or upgrade to a nicer one later in life. I do think price transparency would help preventative care, but (even if you're thinking in the aggregate) it won't help people in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. Other comparable services, fire and police, are already socialized but have similar, horrible, stories from before they were paid for by the government.