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by Experimentalist 5587 days ago
> Defendants of the current system argue free market but the result is the most expensive health care I've ever seen.

Interesting, but the current system in the US isn't "free market".

It's communistic.

- 80%+ of health care expenditures are made by a 3rd party not the person requesting a service. (employers, insurance, government)

- 40-50% of health care expeditures in the USA are made by the government. (free market usually doesn't mean paid-for/run by government)

- There are thousands of government regulations and incentives which created the current system we have.

That's a free market? You must not understand the free market- either that or you are intentionally misleading people.

Those in favor of a free market, including myself, are NOT defending the current system - they are against a complete government takeover of the system.