Surely they cannot be this stupid. (?)

Untrue. The drugs and equipment are produced for profit, and nobody works for free.

And changing demographics is putting the funding models under extreme pressure. It is unclear they can survive. The UK's is on the brink of collapse, with dangerously long waiting times.

A firm profits when you and the firm exchange something for a price you are willing to pay and the firm is willing to accept.

This is mutually beneficial voluntary exchange. Generally a good thing.

Government bureaucrats profit by seizing your earnings to spend on whatever they wish.

Thank goodness that's false.
Have you any clue how those broken economies are faring??

Even Mondragon has had to grapple with reality: only half of Mondragon’s businesses are coops, and only a third of its employees are members. But yes, Mondragon is an interesting story, despite all its struggles.

That makes zero sense.
Market economies reward efficiencies in resource use.

Yes. The US healthcare system is badly broken. You must realize that his does not make your point, right? Healthcare systems of all types are under severe pressure worldwide, and obesity in the US is epidemic. But still, yes, our system is broken, and the GOP strives to make it worse.

If worker cooperatives are actually more efficient, then they will flourish in a market economy.

A few have. Most have not.

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LOL

So you define "socialism" to mean "government programs I like"?

Hint: Denmark is not socialist, but it has these programs.
housingfirsteurope.eu/country/denm...

There is actual evidence against what you are saying.
Do you care about the evidence?

Typed on your iPhone using a private internet provider, no doubt.

LOL

"The fog is so thick I cannot tell if the bridge is out. So, let's keep speeding!"

If nobody is surveilling me, do I really exist?

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