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In my opinion, your fear of the alternative is unfounded. Before there was an abundance of employers providing insurance, there weren't people dieing in the streets. You could pay for a lot of things out of pocket. I think we can get back to that, but the direction we've gone as really inflated the price of services. The predominant form of insurance before third party employer insurance came about covered primarily catastrophic events.
The only effective force in America today for health care cost reduction is Medicare.
It can't be effected by individuals. Why? Because nobody in their right mind would shop for the cheapest medical service no matter what it is. K mart blue light specials don't cut it in services that your life, or the ability to continue doing what you've always done, are concerned.
You imply incorrectly that cheaper = inferior. That simply isn't true.
Do you shop around for the cheapest doctor for each health care need that you have?