[polygamous_bat]

What scares some people is not that rationing care may already exist but that there may not be any fast-track line you can buy your way into.

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A lot of countries have both nationalized care and the fast track. Many people buy private insurance to cover what the national system does not.

Maybe it's not the best of both worlds, but it's at least a far better safety net than the US provides, and that's the most critical piece. Both for the most affected individuals, and society as a whole (even in terms of cost! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and all that.)