My immediate question for this physician: when discussing care with patients, is he able to readily answer questions about how much various services he provides

My immediate question for this physician: when discussing care with patients, is he able to readily answer questions about how much various services he provides/recommends will cost? Or if he is like every doctor I've asked, equivocating and generally acting like the financial damage shouldn't be important - effectively forcing people further into the arms of the same "insurance" protection racket hellhole that he's bemoaning. Because ultimately the only way we've found to orchestrate large scale distributed behavior is through price signals, no matter who is paying. The main reason that healthcare has become so screwed up is the utter destruction of price signals through cartel behavior by "insurance" companies and healthcare providers. So it's a bit disingenuous to focus on one type of miscreant in the industry while sidestepping your own part in the symbiosis. Having said that, I'm not against single payer because it will at least put some of the garbage into a bag and tie it off, rather than the current system continuing to dump it into everyone's lives. But it's important to keep it in context - single payer is nowhere near a full solution to the real problems of the healthcare industry. If you've ever been party to someone needing significant healthcare, it's quite apparent that affordability is merely the tip of the iceberg.