One third of our healthcare by cost is socialized in the US, and yet people seem to not understand that basic fact. There is no anti-socialism debate, it already is one third socialism.
(No-one seems to have actually read the article, it says that her insurer would have paid ~$650 if the lab wasn't one owned by the doctor she saw...and, if I understood correctly, the doctor also did a whole bunch of totally unnecessary testing...this looks a bit like plain ol corruption).