>It's not more expensive because insurance companies are charging you, their costs are passed through from providers. They fleece you solely through their exis

>It's not more expensive because insurance companies are charging you, their costs are passed through from providers. They fleece you solely through their existence. Polish government "single payer" had less than 200 million dollars spend on operating cost - 0.8% of overall costs. Just United Health spend 11 billion dollars on that, compared to 52 billion dollars spend on medical costs.