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Under govn healthcare you won't be given this option. You will have to go to the doctor the state tells you to or they refuse coverage.
You're confusing the existing health insurance industry with your imagined government health care.
Right now, I have insurance. I have pretty good insurance. But my insurance company was 1. decided by my employer, not me 2. Doesn't like one of the hospitals in town, so I can't use any doctors or clinics affiliated with that hospital.
I've already had my choices cut down to half because my insurance company eliminated them before I had any say in it. If I want to go to the other hospital (which wins all sorts of awards and has certified heart centers and is, based on that, arguably a better hospital, if a more expensive one) I have to pay for all the costs out of pocket.
My primary physician? He was picked from a list my insurance company gave me. My dentist? Same deal. OB/GYN? Oh wait, all the good ones in town are affiliated with the hospital my insurance doesn't do business with, so I'm stuck with ******* jerks that demand I have children so they can charge me more(looking at you Dr. Desai), or as I've opted for over the last few years, at the county health department instead. (The county health department here is small, but the staff is some of the nicest people in the healthcare industry, and they do the best they can with their limited funding.)