Do people 'deserve' universal health care?

[DuncanONeil]

The patient in question, who paid cash not insurance, reported the charge for the procedure was $3,000. A doctor conversing with the patient reported that said procedure is reimbursed by Medicare at $1,000. Actually the doctor person inferred $3,000 based on a cash patient, confirmed by the patient, and then followed up with the Medicare payment.

Again in this case there was no insurance involved!

I thought you were comparing what Canada's public system is doing, I'm not surprised the current US system is messed up.

As for $3000 cost to user vs Medicare pays $1000, I'd like to see actual data on what the procedure costs, compared to what the doctor is deciding to charge for it. This could easily be an example of price inflation that is typical when people's costs are covered by private insurance.