4tees, unless you work in the healthcare system and see how primary care is delivered, I would recommend restraining yourself from making gross assumptions.
There are a number of studies in the US showing that the ER and primary care system is inundated with patients/parents who come in for minor problems. Parents nowadays are highly over-protective about their child's welfare and bring their child in for the smallest issue and my answer is "There is nothing wrong, it is just an acute issue that will pass". A simple $5 or $10 co-pay would limit unnecessary appointments. This is not only true for kids but also seniors who see their primary physician just because they are lonely. Why would a physician only put one repeat rather than 2 or 3?? - this allows them to make easy money by just prescribing a simple rx which takes 1 minute.
These are just a few possible cost saving measures that can be implemented.
There are also a number of other issues such as unionized nurses and auxillary staff who account for the bulk of our healthcare costs. ANY type of efficiency that could be implemented is always met with resistance due to affecting people's check books. A lot of duties performed by nurses can be performed by PSW's who are paid less.
These resources that are wasted can be utilized for patients who need cancer treatment who are on wait-lists or funding expensive drugs for rare disorders or increasing funding of long-term care homes to deliver a higher quality of care.
My point is that that MY money is being stolen to be redistributed in a manner that is not efficient and is wasteful. The netherlands has a system like the US where you are mandated to buy a healthcare policy and their system works fine. The issue is choice and I have little choice in how my healthcare is delivered in this country.
Why am I forced to give my money to the Mafiosa-government to do whatever they want. Our government is in debt and we are going to be in greece's position in the future with our future liabilities like CPP and healthcare.
A great politician who is advocating for a libertarian platform is Ron Paul.