[SideQuark]

And pretty much every one of those countries also has widely used private insurance because the public one most definitely has price caps, longer waits, and lesser service.

No system could afford to spend unlimited amounts for anyone wanting it. You get triaged since resources are not infinite.

Pick your favorite system, say the UK, and google UK healthcare rationing to find state policy on what limits people face.

[dgroshev]

Any medical system inevitably has limits of what they can spend per patient. Do you prefer the limit to be set and enforced by the government that is amenable to political process, or anonymous profit-seeking insurance company board members, like in the sibling comment case https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42375998 ?

[SideQuark]

That comment was about a person on Medicare Advantage, which is extremely heavily regulated by Medicare, the epitome a of govt medically regulated cost per procedure system.

Here is the govt Medicare page about Medicare Advantage Plans, with references to all the pages of legislation and Medicare rules such plans must comply with.

https://www.medicare.gov/health-drug-plans/health-plans/your...

For example, select “What should I know about Medicare Advantage Plans?”

It states, among other things, “ Medicare Advantage Plans provide all of your Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) benefits (also called “Original Medicare”), including new benefits that come from laws or Medicare policy decisions”.

Op claims Medicare “always” provides PT, which is not true. Here’s some rules about it: https://www.healthline.com/health/medicare/does-medicare-cov...

Note in particular Medicare advantage will provide any PT where Medicare would.

If you look at peer reviewed research, MA outperforms M in outcomes and satisfaction by a slight amount.

These are reasons why forming or reinforcing beliefs on anecdotes and not understanding the truth is a bad way to make claims.

So now that you see this outcome was medical care “set and enforced by the government” and not the outcome from “anonymous profit-seeking insurance company board members,” will you redirect your outrage?

[dgroshev]

Was it a governmental agency or a private entity that denied coverage in their case?