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Obligatory “not American” warning, but I think the problem is more complex than just making the government a customer. Countries with public healthcare generally don’t refer to private providers because the cost is orders of magnitude higher than a state run operation. (With few exceptions; my country paid for me to go to a private hospital once because I needed a specialist for something uncommon, and there weren’t enough in public hospitals / I was overspill.)
You don’t just have hospitals, you have an entire economy of insurance, administration, and severely inflated pricing to account for all the useless jobs and bloat. If none of that goes away, then I don’t see why the government would be incentivised to use them, rather than just set up state hospitals.
Also, unrelated but I just re-read the title; does Dr Oz still have any credibility whatsoever?
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Well, even if the government is now paying an inflated price, how would that be any different than what it currently does? Besides, what other expenditure would be a better use of the money? Bailing out Argentina? Giving the money to people who give the president a gift? Buying another aircraft carrier and base over seas? Funding Israel at the expense of your populace?
I mean yeah, it's a massively bloated system. But, at least the populace would finally have health insurance. Someone getting hit by a car wouldn't result in them facing bankruptcy after they wake up in the hospital but have no health insurance.