Quote from Ghost of Cutten:
French get higher life expectancy, and medical expenses are not the number 1 cause of personal bankruptcy as they are in the USA (most of which bankrupts had health insurance when they got ill). In fact, almost no one in France (or anywhere else in the 1st world ex-USA) goes broke due to medical bills.
Your claim that government intervention increases cost is also contradicted by the facts. For example, Singapore has lower taxes than USA but healthcare is cheaper - by a factor of 3-4 (measured by spending per capita PPP adjusted) there too. And health stats in Singapore are better than the USA - longer life expectancy, lower child death rate, lower adult death rate.
The UK with its much-derided NHS spends 1/3 what the USA does per capita on health, yet has higher life expectancy and lower child death rates. And the UK has lower tax rates than France, and an unemployment rate almost identical to the USA (8.4% vs 8.3%).
So, it's pretty clear that you are just spouting opinions without any regard for the facts. The facts show that the USA has an incredibly expensive healthcare system, yet has an incredibly unhealthy population. They are paying Ferrari prices and ending up with Skodas. The most likely culprit is that the system of healthcare provision is allowing the medical industry in the USA to earn large economic rents relatively unconnected to the quality of service they provide. If there is a way to fix that, then there is a duty to find this out. The people can then decide if they want better health and lower prices, or whether they want to preserve the liberty of the medical profession to keep earning its economic rent. But at least it will be an informed choice.
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