Comment by ethbr1

> as the problem with socialized services like healthcare is that you never know exactly how much you’re paying and if you’re overpaying or underpaying as there’s no free competition whatsoever.

Also true in America, in which there is no socialized healthcare. (In any standard use of the term)

Hell, even Medicare ended up partially privatized. (At huge extra cost)

The worst thing about government-run monopoly services is there's little bottom-up incentive to optimize.

The worst thing about private-run services is there's little incentive for anything other than profit.

Given the fundamental realities of must-deliver services (e.g. healthcare, prison, etc.), I'd rather have them government-delivered than some bastardized free market without competition.

At least the former has a path to excellence. The latter just inevitably turns into a hostile hellscape for the end consumer.