Various governments of various political flavours have tried stuffing the genie back into the bottle but the public doesn't want any part of it, fanned on by wh

Various governments of various political flavours have tried stuffing the genie back into the bottle but the public doesn't want any part of it, fanned on by whoever is the political opposite at the time. Introducing a co-payment for a doctors visit (last proposal was $5, I think) was considered to be the end of the world. Of course everyone understands that if you give something away for free, you have to produce more of it, and nobody wants taxes to go up any further, so the can gets kicked down the road. It has to happen sooner or later. You can avoid most things except for demographics.