One third of our healthcare by cost is socialized in the US, and yet people seem to not understand that basic fact. There is no anti-socialism debate, it already is one third socialism.
It is also a little bit more complex than that because, of course, by cost means you underweight the size of the public sector which typically pays far lower prices. As an outside observer, charging the private sector more is a smart way of subsidising the public sector.
(No-one seems to have actually read the article, it says that her insurer would have paid ~$650 if the lab wasn't one owned by the doctor she saw...and, if I understood correctly, the doctor also did a whole bunch of totally unnecessary testing...this looks a bit like plain ol corruption).
(No-one seems to have actually read the article, it says that her insurer would have paid ~$650 if the lab wasn't one owned by the doctor she saw...and, if I understood correctly, the doctor also did a whole bunch of totally unnecessary testing...this looks a bit like plain ol corruption).