text: I think Goldberg is right on some of this.  There are many factors that lead to health consequences beyond the method of health services delivery.
  
  What shouldn't be missed, is that the cost of healthcare is of great consequence and clearly does affect health outcome.    If you can afford the current system, I'm pretty confident that good health care is available.   I've been in the circumstance most of my life, thankfully.
  
  But poverty does increase health problems.    And when the cost of health care prevents a person from receiving health care, or, you go with very low service insurance out of no other choice, the stresses of living on the margins of poverty does affect your health.
  
  http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opa/2014incomeandhealth.pdf
  
  Neither party is attacking the problem, the inflated cost of health care.   We can't blindly accept provider cost without justification.