Private health care exists in the UK but the NHS is public, though there are attempts to change this [1] as apparently the US model is considered something to e

Private health care exists in the UK but the NHS is public, though there are attempts to change this [1] as apparently the US model is considered something to emulate. I definitely wouldn't use the UK as a comparison to the US' private system as the funding models are completely different. From the outside it seems that government attempts to shape the market (by the measures you mention) seem to work out worse and more expensively than measures to make the market (e.g. NHS). We have this in the UK with the government providing subsidies to buy private houses rather than just build enough public houses. I'd be interested in some economic insight into this if anyone has any. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/08/private-surgery-nhs-patients-soars-under-tories https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/08/private-surg...