The us government appears resistant to a change in free-market, competitive, but regulated health care system because of
a. any other form of health care systems around the world include vast control by the government over the health quality, accessibility, and cost of health care which is antithetical to the values of the us
c. the us government relied on employer sponsored health insurance to cover the health insurance costs of a majority of its citizens and provided single-payer plans for those that were not employed with medicare, medicaid, workers compensation, and federal programs for the military, indian health, and the disabled.
b. from the stone age to the present day the wealth of the nation grew from subsistence levels to one where the majority of wealth and affordability is held by a large middle-class
d. while health care is considered a “right” of all citizens in the us, it is a choice by each individual to receive care, no matter the intensity of the need, depending on whether they possess insurance or not.