Quote:1.) I never stated that the Swiss system was perfect. 

No system is perfect. But the others are significantly better.


2.) As we have stated above, Medicare already acts as a defacto government benchmark for fee schedules.  We still have the same challenges. 

Medicare in no way limits charges made by our private health systems.


3.) We've already talked about the importance of cost transparency and consumer choice. 

So you agree all of this talk of competition is pretty pointless if we can't know what everyone is charging? If not, how do you solve the problem and guarantee competition?


4.) Just as an aside, we currently have more than 150% of the entire population of Switzerland living in the country as undocumented aliens. 

Yes, and they are a bit of a drag due to emergency care. If emergency care is 2% of spending, and undocmented aliens are 3% of the population, it matters, but ins nowhere near the bulk of the costs.


5.) The Labor force participation rate in Switzerland is over 80% here its just over 60%,  They have conversations about how best to deliver care within their communal values and not as much about half the country trying to piggy back the other half. 

Yeah, or maybe it is the fact that all of the other countries use the government to actually do something useful like get decent rates on procedures and medicine.