Not that I think the our system (US resident) is all that great but our government runs two of the worst systems that exist in the country, the Veterans Administration which nearly everyone hears about but also the Indian Health Service which sadly flies under the RADAR.
so it is a very hard sell to get more Federal involvement when we have constant stories of VA issues and more available just by searching. throw in rules that actively prevented insurers from making multi state offers and the system was bound to be a mess.
however one of the problems not discussed is that many receive their health insurance from their employers and while this has been going away slowly, this idea like income taxes, tends to remove the cost component from people's minds. you don't see the cost in whole or in large lump sums so its easy to not think about it.
the big hurdle will be convincing people there will be limits of what can be treated. the US infant mortality statistics are one area of exaggeration to the bad simply because to the extent money will be spent to save a newborn that many other system won't
so it is a very hard sell to get more Federal involvement when we have constant stories of VA issues and more available just by searching. throw in rules that actively prevented insurers from making multi state offers and the system was bound to be a mess.
however one of the problems not discussed is that many receive their health insurance from their employers and while this has been going away slowly, this idea like income taxes, tends to remove the cost component from people's minds. you don't see the cost in whole or in large lump sums so its easy to not think about it.
the big hurdle will be convincing people there will be limits of what can be treated. the US infant mortality statistics are one area of exaggeration to the bad simply because to the extent money will be spent to save a newborn that many other system won't