What’s your solution? Private pay for all medical expenses? Better be a multi-millionaire.
You are brain-dead if you have not made the connection that anything government takes over becomes astronomically expensive while the quality falls off a cliff.
In the fifties medical costs were 5% of GDP. Then along came Medicaid/Medicare and mandatory free health care for illegals, not to mention Compassionate Entry. Now they are almost 20%.
In the 1950s education spending was 3% of GDP. Then along came the Department of Education and they are now 15%. Plus, the literacy rate of graduates has plummetted.
RK surgery to fix astigmatism is not covered by medical insurance or Medicaid. That's why it gets cheaper every year.
When you are spending your own money, you watch every penny. When you are spending somebody else's money, what do you care what it costs?