Healthcare for all in the US

In my first line of content, I explicitly made sure to say that our healthcare system needs fixing and I have a fix, So the question is not "What is the best evil? ", It is: what can we do to maximize the potentials of the healthcare industry? Our country needs a healthcare industry that is based on the free market system, Not the regulated mess that is the healthcare industry today. You are incorrect about the MRI costs. Those are not the costs of the actual MRIs; those are the AVERAGE costs of MRIs. Imagine you went to a store to buy a TV. It's pretty easy to search around, Find what you need, And compare products to get the lowest possible price. This is far from the case with MRIs. You can't get a concrete price on an MRI from a doctor until after it is done, And there is so much regulation that competition can't even take place. Because of this, The costs literally range from $500 to $12, 000 [http://time. Com. . . ]. If a TV salesman told you that he did not know how much the TV would cost, That he would let you know about a week after purchasing it, And that there would be no refunds, I think it's pretty safe to say you would NOT buy the TV. The healthcare industry today is this TV paradigm, Except in a world where you need TVs to LIVE. If you were that TV salesman, You would want to sell it at a higher price because people would still buy your product at the same rate, For they wouldn't know they are getting scammed, And you would earn more money. Sounds like a win-win situation for the vendor. This is why MRI prices are so unaffordable. This is why x-rays are more expensive depending on which part of the body the x-ray is taken (when the cost of doing the x-ray is the exact same). There is no incentive to make prices reasonable because business owners can capitalize off of this at the expense of the consumer with no repercussions. If people knew the prices of these medical procedures before they paid, The businesses that deliberately exploit these regulations would either have to lower prices massively or go out of business, And there would be much more incentive to produce a less expensive form of MRI that would undercut all the competition. Let's look at Lasik eye surgery. Since insurance largely does not cover it, You can ask a price, Compare them, And choose the least expensive one. Because of this, The price dropped $1, 000 (88% of its value) over the course of 20 years [https://www. Forbes. Com. . . ]. The free market does wonders because it gives the people the power while the regulations in place now give businesses the power. I agree that Canada is one of the worst examples, So let's look at Great Britain because they are the poster-child of healthcare for all. Did you know that you are 48% more likely to die in a UK emergency room [https://www. Dailymail. Co. Uk. . . ]? Did you know that the most seriously ill National Health Service (UK federal hospital) patients were seven times more likely to die than their American counterparts? Did you know that NHS death rates are four times higher than the U. S. In general [https://www. Theguardian. Com. . . ]? Did you know that more than 70% of UK hospitals now have doctor shortages [https://www. Theguardian. Com. . . ]? In addition to this, By giving the government the reigns on healthcare, People have less power and life means less. This is exactly the case in the story of Charlie Gard from last year. He was a baby that was born with a rare and terminal illness called MMDS, A mitochondrial disorder that breaks down muscle and brain tissue. The UK doctors told the parents to let him die, But the parents wanted to give him a chance by going to the United States to undergo experimental treatment. They were prepared to pay for the treatment and transportation on their own, But the doctors would not let them help try to save their child. This eventually went to court and was ruled in favor of the doctors because 'they know better than the parents' [https://www. Npr. Org. . . ]. The expansion of the government in this capacity only leads to situations like this where the government is in control of your health and, Therefore, In control of you.