@blumenkraft Health insurance is very heavily regulated. It's less a free market issue and more regulatory capture here, I think, with a side helping of a mostly paralyzed legislative apparatus and a populace that is virulently against thinking through an issue in terms of facts and having a reasoned discussion. I live in a land of shallow soundbites.
That said, I definitely agree that leaving health care up to the free market is an awful idea.
Unfortunately, it's not a simple matter of regulated yes/no or even government-run yes/no but rather quality and effectiveness and fundedness of regulation and operation. But that means it requires nuance, and this demos (pretend that's in Greek alphabet) very much does not do, indeed is suspicious of, nuance.
// @tomas @keita @dgold