[John_Innocent]

That's why we shouldn't have an insurance based system. Like Ron Paul (who has been a medical doctor since the early 1960s) says, health insurance should be for catastrophic medical events, not for routine checkups and minor ailments and illnesses.

[TulliusCicero]

That's how Singapore does it, which is probably fine. A shame nobody their system hasn't come up as a viable option over here.