I went to a doctor a while back that had a sign on his window saying he'd like to charge less than $50/visit, but medicare by law said he must charge at least $

I went to a doctor a while back that had a sign on his window saying he'd like to charge less than $50/visit, but medicare by law said he must charge at least $50. Government should be for the bare minimum of things a market can't provide, and subsidizing insurance plans for the needy and poor would be a lot better than the government, through I'm sure just some twisted set of unintended consequences, setting MINIMUM prices.