Great article! The thing that is perhaps most frustrating about the Alfie story is that it was not simply a "medical" decision that kept his parents from seeking other treatments. It would be reasonable to accept that the doctors at his hospital simply could not provide him any further treatment but that alone would not preclude his parents from seeking alternatives. It was the state's overreach regarding child "protection" that really left them defenseless. Of course, the likes of Kimmel and others would be all too anxious to add socialized medicine to the tools of control already at their government's disposal. It never seems to be about the medical care itself but rather the control that exclusive delivery of medical care provides the government. It's not just single payor they are after, it single provider.