> that medicine and healthcare is commercialized to the max
There are commercial problems but it isn't totally fair to call a system where nobody can tell you a price 'commercialised to the max'.
The problem isn't the commerce, the problem is that someone has set up a regulatory framework where people don't pay for services.
A perspective that could be important when it comes to American healthcare: insurance doesn't on average pay out more than people pay in. My understanding is traditionally insurance actually pays out exactly what people pay in and profits off the float. 'Having insurance' doesn't make anything more affordable for anyone, it is more like hiring someone else to track the savings for you and a few conveniences massaging risk through time.
There are commercial problems but it isn't totally fair to call a system where nobody can tell you a price 'commercialised to the max'.
The problem isn't the commerce, the problem is that someone has set up a regulatory framework where people don't pay for services.
A perspective that could be important when it comes to American healthcare: insurance doesn't on average pay out more than people pay in. My understanding is traditionally insurance actually pays out exactly what people pay in and profits off the float. 'Having insurance' doesn't make anything more affordable for anyone, it is more like hiring someone else to track the savings for you and a few conveniences massaging risk through time.