Many individual US states are larger than individual European countries. People can immigrate within the EU, can they not? So why defend the UK or Denmark having its own system?
On the other hand, it could easily be argued that interstate commerce restrictions are a big part of the problem in the US. Suppose some company in Delaware comes up with a really cheap health insurance plan that meets my exact needs - I can't sign up for it, because I don't live in Delaware. For a company to offer health insurance or health care nationwide it has to have offices in 50 states and navigate regulatory restrictions in 50 states.
If McDonald's wants to expand to serve people in other states, they can just DO it, but Kaiser or Blue Cross can't do the same. That situation is ridiculous and needs to be fixed somehow, but I don't hold out much hope for it changing any time soon.
On the other hand, it could easily be argued that interstate commerce restrictions are a big part of the problem in the US. Suppose some company in Delaware comes up with a really cheap health insurance plan that meets my exact needs - I can't sign up for it, because I don't live in Delaware. For a company to offer health insurance or health care nationwide it has to have offices in 50 states and navigate regulatory restrictions in 50 states.
If McDonald's wants to expand to serve people in other states, they can just DO it, but Kaiser or Blue Cross can't do the same. That situation is ridiculous and needs to be fixed somehow, but I don't hold out much hope for it changing any time soon.