That's only half of it, though. Just because an insurance company is required to insure you doesn't mean that a healthcare provider is required to accept it. And that's exactly the problem that friends of mine who utilized Obamacare are complaining about: They have insurance now but they're having problems finding people who take it.
How on earth is that possible? No provider should be allowed to refuse valid insurance. We have a legal concept of legal tender to prevent this kind of extortion,
Having the government in charge of something makes it cost more money and take longer. Plus they're notoriously incompetent and careless.
Stop and think for a minute before spouting obviously false ideological slogans. We're discussing the US healthcare system, where everything costs a lot more than the UK's state run healthcare system. If you want to criticise the actual shortcomings of the NHS, then go ahead, but it is an uncontovertible fact that Britain's socialist healthcare is cheaper than the private system in the US. For that matter, every heathcare system in the developed world is cheaper than the US's, despite having more government involvement.
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