As a US->UK immigrant, I really appreciate the degree to which free-at-point-of-care encapsulates complexity. Unencapsulated complexity imposes real stress on:

As a US->UK immigrant, I really appreciate the degree to which free-at-point-of-care encapsulates complexity. Unencapsulated complexity imposes real stress on: - Hospital administrators, who then hire more colleagues and pay their salaries[1] - Government agencies trying to implement a new law...or even determine which agency is responsible for pieces of that law[2] - Patients trying to access medications[3], who then might go without care or go to the ER. There is inherent complexity in healthcare because bodies are complex. It is stressful enough dealing with a medical condition itself. Dealing with the incidental complexity of insurance on top of that is... bad. When there is new attempt to reform US healthcare, can we also get Prof John K. Osterhout in the room where it happens? [1] https://time.com/5759972/health-care-administrative-costs/ https://time.com/5759972/health-care-administrative-costs/ [2] https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/the-failed-launch-of-www-healthcare-gov/ https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/the-failed... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKUdadCsuRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKUdadCsuRE