We’re Getting Ripped Off on Health Insurance

If we are going to pay just as much with socialized care through taxes, with less options. Why do we want to switch instead of making changes to the current system?

I think a better option would be to slowly get rid of the insurance companies, since they are a middleman creating bloat and drastically increasing the costs of everything.

The true costs of medical procedures and care would then be charged (and as a result, go down).

The free market would further reduce the cost of surgeries that are common (like Lasik and many plastic surgeries that have reduced in cost over the last decade due to the free market/competition) through competition.

There would still be surgeries that are needed and expensive because there just aren't enough doctors that perform them or the free market hasn't been able to reduce the cost. This would be where insurance comes in and would cover certain surgeries and procedures.

I don't know anything that the government runs well and I certainly don't want them in charge of my healthcare. Socialized care is great for checkups, when you aren't that sick, and are young.

It falls apart when you get old, need specific surgeries/procedures, and are denied by the government because it's not necessary.

I have elderly relatives that live in Canada and use the Canadian system for all checkups, but come over the border for major surgeries because the wait time is just too long.

I lived overseas in Europe and Asia (all with socialized healthcare) and saw many sub-standard hospitals compared to the US.