[mike_organon]

> The capacity to observe reality?

That is a very strong statement. My point is you haven't proven it. I certainly sympathize with your situation, but neither that nor your evidence prove that the free market is impossible according to the laws of reality. Just don't overstate your position.

> Generally, when somebody argues that the reason a given approach has failed is that it hasn't been tried hard enough, they're laughed at.

I know - I would say the same thing about socialism.

> Our healthcare market is arguably freer than that of other industrialized countries.

It's not one dimension. Maybe the way in which the US is not free causes the problems that aren't seen in countries with more powerful rulers. We have to look deeper than one dimension.