Whereas saying what you're saying is more akin to "I believe in science and reason as far as Christian god is considered, but in China I believe in Budda as the supreme deity".
My point is, that there is a reason why Free Market works, and government controlled economies don't. If you hold that model consistently you will find the reason why American healthcare system is so messy, and not that somehow govt controlled healthcare system works.
If govt controlled healthcare works, then govt controlled everything and anything could work.
> I paid full price in a single-payer system, not subsidized by anyone, where prices have been negotiated in advance, and it is a lot less costly.
Are you claiming that something fundamentally in free market which prevents you from doing that here?
>if govt controlled healthcare works, then govt controlled everything and anything could work.
Absolutely not: we have enough examples showing the opposite. Govt-controlled food prices usually does not work, and bargaining drug prices betwen a state and private companies actually does, in many countries!!
Free market is a tool, very efficient to serve the people in most cases. But if that tool does not work very well for the people of the Unites States in a particular industry, why not change the rule in that industry?
Afraid of entering of world of complexity where free market is not the only, systematic solution?
Reality is diverse, even if it's annoying intellectually.
In a few limited industries, such as healthcare, I am much less in favor.
>you're suppose to do these things BEFORE you actually need them
Exactly. I paid full price in a single-payer system, not subsidized by anyone, where prices have been negotiated in advance, and it is a lot less costly. I paid even less than the co-pay in the US! I am insured here, so my insurance takes the rest, but it's super expensive for them. And therefore for me in my premium. The magnitude of the difference is insane, but it makes sense given the dynamics of that industry. Hence calling for a different system, just for that industry: it shows to be a more effective in many developed countries.