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[–] dieusor 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

One of the issues is that government intervention in the health care market has been to maintain profits for insurance companies. ACA's crowning achievement was to enforce mandatory profits to health insurance companies. This is a serious issue and supports an argument that we should strive for a free market.

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[–] MetaCog ago 

Ok, fine, in a free market doctors can choose to cater to only wealthy clients, but it also means any drugs are legal for anyone to buy or sell.

By necessity, health care is a COERCIVE MONOPOLY,the categorical opposite of a "free market". Spare me the stock Libertarian arguments about a free market when they simply don't apply.

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[–] sniglom 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

With ”free” healthcare, no insurance is needed.

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[–] AnthraxAlex 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

With free healthcare everyone dies waiting for healthcare. Healthcare is a resource like everything there is a finite amount of it that must be allocated and if it's free it will be allocated improperly. What people want is healthcare they can afford without insurance nor taxes neither of which are affordable.