Health care in America is a mess. Not because it is private, but because it is a bizarre hybrid

Frida Ghitis: Luigi Mangione is being hailed as a hero, but he's no hero.

Ghitis says Mangione 's apparent murder of Brian Thompson highlights widespread dissatisfaction with U.S. health care system.

She says the problem with Obamacare was that it sought to intensify and expand federal control of medicine, not just health care, but that it's a mess. She says patients should make the final decision on what kind of treatment they want and how much they want to spend on their own care..

Doug Bandow: America 's problem is not that the country spends too much on health care.

He says the U.S. devotes more than it should for the care that is provided.

Bandow says everyone should be able to choose their medical future.

The alternative beckons, with empowerment of patients, he says.