Health care is so different though because the market doesn't work.

If you are facing death, no one wants the off brand, budget cancer treatment. No one is going to shop around for the best value cancer treatment.

If you have a heart attack, no one is going to call around for the best price on the ambulance.

It is like a luxury market. People shop around for the best doctor/treatment with no regard at all for the price.

So it is like complaining that a luxury service market is expensive.

The only way around this is a completely state run health care system that you have no choice.