> Who is talking about all medical expenditures? I am talking only about emergency room visits. I said "my point is that [those situations] don't make up the m

> Who is talking about all medical expenditures? I am talking only about emergency room visits. I said "my point is that [those situations] don't make up the majority of situations in healthcare" and you said "And I think that you are wrong, particularly when you consider this based on dollars billed by emergency rooms". I don't get the point of looking at a percentage of emergency-related dollars billed in emergency room visits. My point is that if less than ten percent of all medical expenditures are related to the type of emergencies where (to quote OP) you are "bleeding out in the middle of a street or who are delirious from fever [and] won't be acting with price sensitivity.", then that type of situation is not a primary driver of medical costs in the US, nor is it the most important factor to consider when deciding how our medical system should be run. A huge portion of health care expenditures are of the type where a person would act on price.