That many countries have state-run healthcare monopolies doesn't mean...
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That many countries have state-run healthcare monopolies doesn't mean state-run healthcare monopolies are a good idea. For example, the fact that almost all countries banned cannabis at one time, doesn't mean cannabis bans are a good idea, right? Liberalizing cannabis laws is a relatively minor change. It only requires that the state stop putting people in cages for growing/selling/smoking some weed. Yet it has taken decades to loosen the state's grip on the cannabis market in a few countries. The medical market is far larger, and there are many more special interests that feed at the government's trough. Once accustomed to a state subsidy, people are loathe to give it up. People tolerated wholly Communist regimes for decades in Russia and China, despite tens of millions of deaths, and widespread poverty and misery. Even today, more than 40% of Russians pine for the Stalinist-era. Medical socialism is just a pernicious as socialism more broadly, but the ill effects are mitigated somewhat by the ability of folks to seek care outside of the socialist system. This is a good thing, generally speaking, but that means that the barrier to rousing enough momentum to dismantale the socialist system will be higher.