Welcome to FR.
No, we don't expect socialism in healthcare. In fact, we just DEMAND that doctors and insurance quit playing fraudulent games with the public.
We PAY for health insurance. It is not "socialism" to expect to get what we have contracted for.
It is this insurance/doctor gamesmanship, along with ridiculous malpractice awards, that has driven the costs of healthcare through the roof.
No, it is the cost of business, insurance, taxes, technology that drives the cost of business. Doctors annual salaries and insurance reimbursements have been declining since the advent of managed care.
Most hosptials these days are losing money and many doctors are retiring early because the problem.
Good look getting an onocologist or specialist care in your retirement. You will be waiting in a very long line.
The only game is that people expect 1st rate care, the insurance does not pay reasonable rates, and the patient does not want to pay the remainder. This is the reason even the Mayo Clinic will no longer accept Medicare patients insurance.