But it isn't capitalism, at least not a free market. While you may have a limited choice on what hospital you can go to, good luck with getting a price beforeh

But it isn't capitalism, at least not a free market. While you may have a limited choice on what hospital you can go to, good luck with getting a price beforehand. This problem occurs because of the parasitcle nature of health insurance and the hospitals, and that you are pretty much required to have health insurance. Once the government mandates it, you are losing the capitalism. And there is a lot of corruption and Negligence between insurance and hospitals