[chimeracoder]

> Here's the only thing I'm confused about. Do we have examples of the government running a service better than the private sector?

Medicare is a good case study, because Medicare has both publicly managed plans and privately managed plans.

As it turns out Medicare Advantage (the privately managed plans) consistently beat Original Medicare on the three primary metrics: cost, medical outcomes, and patient satisfaction scores.

(In fact, Original Medicare has the lowest satisfaction rates of all major Medicare plans).