In article .net>,
"Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote:

> "john" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > So what am I to deduce from that statement? That the health care needs
> > of all the people in the country was adequately taken care of during
> > that period?
> >
>
> Pretty much. Prior to government meddling health care was far more
> affordable than it is today.
>
>

the overhead for medicare is tiny compared to private insurance companies

the one sure thing when healthcare is turned over to for profits is that
the costs go way up -- and service goes down

there are problems of providing a high cost high demand service with
limited resources through government -- but none of these are solved by
private markets unless leaving people without care and bankrupting
everyone else with medical problems is the solution one is after