Comment by mystraline

Wrong. 'Medical insurance companies' do absolutely nothing in terms of health care, drain massive amounts of money in what amounts to a Brazil-style (movie) system, corporate death panels, and a drain on all of our resources.

And its not even a product we want. We dont buy it. The companies we work for do, and never have to dogfood any of it. But for the rest of us, its a take it or leave it proposition.

> doctors are a scarce and greedy bunch.

Speaking of that, an MD is the ONLY profession who is solely controlled how many can apply is controlled by Congress.

Get rid of that, and that would fix a facet.

But getting rid of insurance companies would also work a great deal. Or at least, decoupling work/med insurance would be a start.

Even going full competitive capitalism OR full socialism would be better than the garbage we have now.