Comment by antisthenes

> people have forgotten how bad things used to be

Not really, because whereas before things were bad for people with pre-existing conditions, now they are really bad for everyone.

People are paying exorbitant prices either for insurance, for routine health care stuff, or for both.

There was no free lunch, so we traded some health care for the chronically ill, for slightly less healthcare for everyone else. The insurance companies make sure it's an extractive zero-sum game in terms of actual healthcare provided.