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What do you propose?

"insurance" is jsut the means to pay for something. i've never thought that insurance should be the be-all-end-all. i should be able to pay for my healthcare services with just regualr money out of pocket; i shouldn't be forced into insurance.

the united states has the best healthcare available in the world. it's indisputable

http://hospitals.webometrics.info/en/world

top 20 hospitals: 2 in taipei and 1 in france, 17 in the US, including the top 7. france has that number 8 slot, but only has 3 in the top 100. over half the top 100 is US. that's because the best healthcare is in the US.

the best healthcare system? now that's different. you're right that netherlands is similar. in fact, it's the same deal. fining (no wait, it's a tax) people if they don't comply and get private insurance and whatnot. is this good? i don't know. i don't think so, but i'm darwinian.

Part of thw reason why healthcare costs so much is so many americans are chronically unhealthy. They should charge unhealthy people much more.