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Other notable problems with our medical system would be the RBRVS[1] and Nixon's scheme to limit hospital competition[2]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reso

• HarryHirsch 11y ago
  Other people would think that fixed reimbursement rates are a feature - it's what they do in my country to hold down costs, and it works well. You can ask to be paid beyond published rates, but you better have a good case when you present the bill to the insurance company. As far as overbuilding hospitals goes, you'd think that physicians and administrators will try to fill those beds at any cost, cost that is billed to patients and the taxpayer. Hospital overcapacity is not like airline overcapacity.
  • squozzer 11y ago
    The Roemer Effect has never been proven, as no country has ever had the luxury of too many hospital beds. It's based on a certain plausible logic - similar to saying welfare makes people lazy - but no one has ever presented evidence to support either.
    • HarryHirsch 11y ago
      Looking through Pubmed (!) you find many papers that are in favour of the Roemer Effect.