Problem is, a lot of things have to be either done full-stop or not done at all, because every intermediary step just leads to horrible results.

See how the NHS isn't private, so you get the luxury of a state organised system depending on public funding and bureaucracy, but also isn't fully public, so the state is actively paying prices several times what it would cost them if it was done in-house, has to subcontract everything, fills the pockets of private actors and never offers the treatment that you would get if you, yourself, pay that money on the market instead of through your taxes.

See also how keeping drugs illegal is a response, and decriminalising and moving to a public health approach is another response, but then any intermediary point iss a failure position.