[mladenkovacevic]

I didn't downvote you since legitimate opinions shouldn't be downvoted but the reason I think you're wrong is that US is a particularly chronic case of the government serving the needs of capitalism above and beyond the population at large.

It's like saying don't blame Catholicism, blame the Vatican. One is a direct expression of the other.

[vonmoltke]

> I didn't downvote you since legitimate opinions shouldn't be downvoted but the reason I think you're wrong is that US is a particularly chronic case of the government serving the needs of capitalism above and beyond the population at large.

I think it's more a problem of local governments often acting as quasi-capitalist entities themselves. If charging people $1000 for a ride in a fire department ambulance reduces property taxes, why not?

> It's like saying don't blame Catholicism, blame the Vatican. One is a direct expression of the other.

Eh, I don't think that is accurate because the Vatican is Catholicism, not merely an expression of it.

Also, my point was that you can't blame one idea or entity for the state of health care in the US. There are a number of sociological factors that need to be addressed, including but not limited to extreme capitalist beliefs, belief in "rugged individualism", moralism, and xenophobia.