I watched my patients die of poverty for 40 years. It’s time for single-payer
The biggest problem is not the lack of single payer, it&#x27;s the lack of price transparency.  You have no idea how much any medical service will cost until you get the bill, so everyone is free to price gouge you.<p>An example of how bad the current system is:<p>When my wife was pregnant and needed an ultrasound, her regular doctor was busy one month and recommended we go to the doctor upstairs.  Our regular doctor charged us $200 for the ultrasound, the one upstairs sent us a bill for $1000!<p>This 5x price difference was in the exact same building, just a different floor!<p>Hospitals benefit from keeping the prices obscure, to the detriment of the rest of the country