In my book, the problems begin as soon as the healthcare system is required to be lucrative. And don't tell me not-for-profit hospitals are not lucrative. It would be even worse without regulations. Care providers would illegally organize into cartels (which is of course already happening) and going to see the doc would then really just be like bringing your car to the garage, with all the 'niceties' that go with that. I don't expect to convince any free market proponent, since to really grasp what I mean by all that those people would have to experience the private system from the inside (as I do). Private interests are very much the problem. Healthcare should be a public service.