The U.S. has a public system that provides healthcare to the poor (Medicaid) , the old (Medicare), to Veterans (Tricare). It provides subsidized private health

The U.S. has a public system that provides healthcare to the poor (Medicaid) , the old (Medicare), to Veterans (Tricare). It provides subsidized private health care (ACA) and subsidizes private insurance for people who buy it. None of those systems are perfect. There are some eligible people who don't enroll. There are certainly people who find the amount of money that they would need to spend to be un-affordable. I don't have a problem with pointing that out. Or even suggesting better ways. There's a point though when the desire for whatever system a person thinks is better is so compelling that they start describing the current system as some sort of free market nature red in tooth and claw libertarian paradise that I cannot reconcile with reality.