If we break the link between insurers and providers, it’s always YOU who is the payer. Providers would have to figure out the real market value of their services.
I know it’ll never happen. It’s currently designed to extract the most wealth from the most people possible. No one with any power wants to upset that cash cow. Providers would be clueless how to operate in an open market.
Not true. An open market would be quite a bit easier than dealing with the complications caused by medicare.