I lived in a single payer country. I still remember how depressing it was at the end of each month looking at my paycheck. The amount of overhead and false ince

I lived in a single payer country. I still remember how depressing it was at the end of each month looking at my paycheck. The amount of overhead and false incentives such a nationalized or semi-nationalized health care system generates truly paralyzes - not just the economy at large. You can get pretty decent prices for medical treatments in the US, but you always have to ask and price shop. Certain things seem more expensive then elsewhere. It's interesting to note how the great quality and extreme competition of dental care providers in former Eastern European countries have driven price down. Many people living in the neighboring socialized welfare funded health care systems take a bus/plane and get their teeth fixed in the "capitalist" alternative in the former communist countries. Oh the irony.