My wife had surgeries over the past several years that totaled over $30,000. Medicare paid and supplemental health insurance paid. The final billing to us was quite small. What we have paid by government deductions from our paychecks over the years would not cover the cost of these procedures. I would imagine that if there were no medicare and only private health insurance, the so called "free market" would determine the cost of medical procedures based on what insurance companies would be willing to pay. The option for people who couldn't afford the premiums would be to book a flight to a third world country for the procedures.
When the cost of call center personnel in the USA went over $13.00 per hour the jobs were shipped to India and the Phillipines. In the age of a Global Economy you just need to seek the providers who give the best return on hard earned dollars after the currency conversion.
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