[uticus]

> legally obligated...then...costs are covered

Costs aren't covered. They are obfuscated. Which is why in the US, socialistic health care is not a good alternative to our current insurance situation.

Money goes from patient (or patient's employer), to government, to insurance, to health care provider. With a lot of opaque mechanisms and transfers in between.

[scuff3d]

>Money goes from patient (or patient's employer), to government, to insurance, to health care provider. With a lot of opaque mechanisms and transfers in between.

You're describing our current system in the US. It's so complicated to navigate a fucking cottage industry has sprung up to help navigate it.