Why are you jumping to criticize the "government incentives" when the incentives from privatized [0] "insurance" and self pay are much worse?
Privatized "insurance": Here is a list of ten specialists for your newly emerging condition who may or may not still be practicing. When you call each one on the telephone, make sure to double check that they actually take our "plan" regardless of them being on the list we gave you. If you do manage to find one taking new patients, their next appointment will be 6 months out after the two weeks it takes for us to write you a "referral". Or we can call someone who can stop your pain and they will be there tomorrow at 8AM sharp.
Self pay: You can give up your home equity to spend the next several months laying around in agony, or you can pass that money to your (grand)children to make their lives better.
[0] read: just as governing, but with drastically decreased accountability
Privatized "insurance": Here is a list of ten specialists for your newly emerging condition who may or may not still be practicing. When you call each one on the telephone, make sure to double check that they actually take our "plan" regardless of them being on the list we gave you. If you do manage to find one taking new patients, their next appointment will be 6 months out after the two weeks it takes for us to write you a "referral". Or we can call someone who can stop your pain and they will be there tomorrow at 8AM sharp.
Self pay: You can give up your home equity to spend the next several months laying around in agony, or you can pass that money to your (grand)children to make their lives better.
[0] read: just as governing, but with drastically decreased accountability