Quote:Oh, and costs of healthcare had little to with gouging.  Remember, we already had a system in place that took care of those without insurance, especially at the catastrophic level.  Was the homeless guy that got hit by the car left in the road to die, or was he taken to the hospital?  And yes, that cost was passed on to the people who could pay.  

The homeless guy wasn't going to have insurance regardless of regulation. But the cost of treatment drops dramatically because preventive care becomes readily available to all. If you feel a lump under your armpit but don't have insurance and can't afford a checkup then you might skip it. If the lump then develops into full blown cancer it won't be detected until treatment will cost much more than the initial checkup you skipped. With insurance you know the checkup won't bankrupt you so you go see your doctor whom sends you off for a relatively simple preventive treatment.

 

Of course this an over simplified example but there is a reason countries with socialized health care systems have lower costs, more doctors and better and more effective treatment. 

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