“Left 100% to market forces, the availability of care would go up and the cost would go down”
How is that done? Insurance and government help with medical expenses ... it’s very complex.
It needs to become an issue for voters. Right now it’s not a hot issue. Voters by and large must be content with their medical care. The poor get government coverage. The non-poor have insurance often provided by their employer. They (like me) know how much the insurance costs but we accept it without much grumbling.
“How is that done? Insurance and government help with medical expenses ... it’s very complex.”
It will be done eventually as the government paying for too much of it becomes unsustainable and good care gradually becomes only available outside of that government support.
“It needs to become an issue for voters.”
You seem to keep falling back on the government as the solution.
Medicare pays doctors & hospitals 50% of actual charges. If everyone was put on Medicare, the medical system would collapse.