Nothing says "American exceptionalism" like this post. Over half the country beliefs it to be "just capitalism" and praises the efficiencies brought by the private sector.
What they fail to grasp is those mighty efficiencies exist solely to provide extra profits for the shareholders, not the consumers (patients). Our society is so sick that these monsters are cheered on for their "business sense" and "willingness to take chances" instead of being vilified and prosecuted.
I now understand that when it's said we have the greatest healthcare system in the world - that means we generate the most profit for those at the top. Naive me used to think it meant something else...