Yes, I do think people are smart enough to care for themselves.
It's more philosophical than whether or not people are smart enough though. I think people should be able to choose. If I make a mistake in my own health care and I die, then that is okay. I could fall off my roof while I'm trying to fix that too or repair my car's brakes wrong.
Doctors make mistakes in patient care too and they are still allowed to practice medicine.
I also think we should fix our educational system and one way would be to allow students to break free from the lowest common denominator factors that are also ruining our health.
I think you're totally right. And honestly I think the side-effect of having a ridiculously costly health-care system is that people just end up caring for themselves anyways. Unless of course you're my dad, who fainted at the wheel, was taken to the hospital unconscious, and then charged because he didn't call our insurance to pre-approve the ambulance...
It's more philosophical than whether or not people are smart enough though. I think people should be able to choose. If I make a mistake in my own health care and I die, then that is okay. I could fall off my roof while I'm trying to fix that too or repair my car's brakes wrong.
Doctors make mistakes in patient care too and they are still allowed to practice medicine.
I also think we should fix our educational system and one way would be to allow students to break free from the lowest common denominator factors that are also ruining our health.