Yes, but that doesn't mean nationalization/socialization of the health care industry a la NHS is a good solution. It's clear to anyone who is not a political religionist that the U.S. health system is FUBAR'd, both before and after Obamacare, and that it needs to be fixed. However, we can't seem to hold a productive discussion on this, as one extreme virulently insists all medical care must be completely free at the point of sale (see other commenter above), which leaves no option except government payment, and the other extreme virulently insists that American medicine is fine as it was pre-Obamacare. There's practically no one in the middle who a) recognizes there's a problem and b) has a good suggestion that addresses the core causes of the problem instead of trying to cover the cost up by pouring government funds into it.
No one is going after the industrial profiteers and exploiters here. People either want to leave those profiteers completely alone or force them to continue to be paid exorbitant rates by the government (that only look non-exorbitant by comparison to other nations where they're even higher). Those are both bad answers! The marketplace must be kickstarted so it can stay in the hands of the people, surrendered to neither government bureaucrats (as proposed by pro-universal healthcare advocates) nor heartless capitalists (as is mostly the current state).
We need to start from first principles here and say "What does a sick person need to get better, and how can we provide that in a cost-efficient way that allows medicine to be like all the rest of our industries: open to competition, appropriately regulated, and run by fair and competitive private enterprises?"
No one is going after the industrial profiteers and exploiters here. People either want to leave those profiteers completely alone or force them to continue to be paid exorbitant rates by the government (that only look non-exorbitant by comparison to other nations where they're even higher). Those are both bad answers! The marketplace must be kickstarted so it can stay in the hands of the people, surrendered to neither government bureaucrats (as proposed by pro-universal healthcare advocates) nor heartless capitalists (as is mostly the current state).
We need to start from first principles here and say "What does a sick person need to get better, and how can we provide that in a cost-efficient way that allows medicine to be like all the rest of our industries: open to competition, appropriately regulated, and run by fair and competitive private enterprises?"