No that is not my position. Your example is a bit of a hyperbole though. Yes insurance may deny your claim for some underhanded reason, but I'd rather deal with them than the government. At least with the insurance companies there are avenues for recourse with which I've had some success. I have worked for a health clinic in the past and saw first hand that patients without insurance (some so poor they couldn't afford the trip there) routinely received care for very expensive diseases inluding cancer and HIV without regard for ability to pay.

It makes no sense to throw out something that the vast majority of US citizens are satisfied with to serve a relative few only to worsen the care of everyone in the form of loss of freedom and diminished level of care.

Stu