Price controls might see more resistance in the US than setting up a government (near) monopsony and letting that reduce prices (single-payer). The idea that pr

Price controls might see more resistance in the US than setting up a government (near) monopsony and letting that reduce prices (single-payer). The idea that price controls can ever, ever be a good idea is heresy to a lot of people here, to the point that they hold it as nigh-axiomatic that they always fail, and (clearly) no amount of real-world examples will convince them to add any nuance to their economic ideas.