[twstws]

I can't understand how Americans, who have the least efficient, most expensive health care system in the world, are so quick to write off public healthcare. The idea that government healthcare is more wasteful than a private system is not supported by facts, but the theory is too hard to let go of.

Which is not to say there is a perfect solution. But just about any of the alternatives would be better than the US system.

[sneak]

America doesn't have a free market healthcare system. It is heavily regulated.

The fact of the matter is that we've somehow managed to end up with a set-up that has just the bad parts from both models. All the runaway costs of regulatory capture, and all of the gross inefficiency of entrenched bureaucracy.