“Right, from each according to their ability to each according to their need.”
That’s a rough slap...
I see a proposal to adopt direct negotiation and payment to the care provider — a private matter with no third party dictates.
I prefer all free-from-government options. That option in and of itself does not constitute Marxism, but rather a free market philosophy of direct negotiation.
It would still be better for a doctor than their ongoing and protracted attempts at extracting delinquent dimes from Medicare/Medicaid for services rendered.
If there is no third party, who is "forcing" the doctors?
"force doctors and hospitals to accept what people could afford to pay."
You might as well say, "Force people to pay doctors and hospitals what they want to charge."
The free enterprise system does not involve "force". If people want your goods or services, they must pay. If they can't pay they don't get the goods or services. P>Healthcare is often a life or death proposition. but people who invested huge amounts of effort and sacrifice to become doctors deserve to be commensurately compensated and the amount should not be "forced" on them.