Comment Re:This explains the political process (Score 1) 824
Do you want to pay ten times as much for a routine medical procedure as someone that has insurance?
Whenever I an invoice from a medical provider, they list the normal price and the insurance-negotiated price. It is usually about 10x more if you don't have insurance.
The system is broken. People cannot shop around for medical care like they do with other goods and services, because the prices aren't known ahead of time and often the consumer doesn't have time or a state of mind to do a comparison anyway.
There needs to be some regulation to keep costs reasonable. With that in place, your desire to pay for your own expenses might work.