the systems awful but theres means to fixing it which arent socialized medicine which many people think is worse. the heart of the issue is not that you have to pay insurance who act as mediators to decide the importance of some doctors visits vs menial ones in order to reduce cost and remain competitive, the problem is directly with the healthcare itself. if not in practice, then in function, its a monopoly as people dont seek competitive healthcare, and the prices which youll be charged for something that took a nurse 20 seconds only to find out on the bill 3 days later is absurd. make prices transparent, require billing to be standardized, break up pharma and hospital monopolies, etc. you socialize medicine in this current state and youll deal with one of two crises; insanely increased tax from people no longer being frugal about menial doctor visits for non issues, or more realistically a systemic collapse and braindrain as doctors check out and retire when their wages suddenly drop and suddenly our system becomes identical to the waitlist simulators of europe and canada.
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