most people here can't seem to view the apple and the trees. The US is the only country in the world where you get healthcare through your employer. This did

most people here can't seem to view the apple and the trees. The US is the only country in the world where you get healthcare through your employer. This did not happen naturally. It was mandated by government after WW. Second, all treatment here is expensive: - there is a lack of supply (hospitals require approval from nearby hospitals before opening. Imagine... McD's needing approval from Burger King be4 opening across the street!) - there is no legal a-la carte offering. (no such thing as catastrophic insurance can be sold. So you must buy everything... or nothing) - there is a floor on pricing (medicare, medicaid) - there are no legal substitutes (doctors all must be ferraris, you cannot have Toyota nurses or unlicensed doctors doing treatment) - there is a huge barrier to entry (doctor must undergo many years of training and expensive education) I could go on, but every single distortion we have today in healthcare can be directly traced to some kind of government action. So now we have a corrupt system which was carved out by government.. for corporations. Should the current system die ? Absolutely. For single payer ?? The government is what got us to where we are today. What confidence you have in that they will do better on the evidence presented above ??