Oh yeah, we don't have a choice in the matter in terms of healthcare. You'd need a much bigger actor without a financial interest in making you terrified to be involved. It's why insurance and pharma really don't want large state actors in the health space, they have a proportional amount of power to restrict prices to a reasonable amount
I think that is backwards. State actors want insurance in order to price segment/discriminate.
That is why Medicaid pays less than Medicare, or federal government employee coverage. Or Tricare for military or Medicare for old. The insurance company becomes the fall guy even though the payer is directing them to require more extensive prior auths for certain populations, or reduced reimbursement such that fewer providers are available.
Government leaders can then give different populations different levels of healthcare, while simultaneously claiming they are giving everyone healthcare.
I bet UK’s leaders are jealous now of the US’s leaders, since they have to answer questions about NHS that they cannot deflect onto third parties.
