I remember, it was just last week when I had my cat run through an MRI.

Which actually brings up a point I meant to make earlier. I don't want to put words in your mouth, as I don't remember you espousing this theory, but a lot of anti-universal-healthcare types like to say that if you limit medical pricing, then fewer people will be interested in investing time and money to become doctors, develop drugs, etc. Well, if that's the case, then wouldn't the fact that basically no one could independently afford the cost of an MRI mean, if health insurance didn't exist, that it's unlikely that the MRI would have been developed?