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You are blaming it on regulation, medicare, malpractice insurance and lawyers. How about also saying that hospital owner, managers and doctors make a killing in

• tomohawk 7y ago
  What I am saying is that all market forces have been suspended, and replaced with something that is not working. Market forces tend to keep a lid on the kinds of things we are seeing. The mis-regulation has not replaced these market forces with anything that is working. You can't have transparent pricing if medicare comes in and imposed unrealistic pricing. It only works if the advertised price is the same price for everyone. You can't have inexpensive malpractice insurance without the English Rule, and if the tort system is basically a lottery. The health insurance companies are a much bigger problem than the care providers. Things that might be productive instead of pointing fingers: * all medical services and medicines provided by a provider must have a single, public price * prohibit employer provided health insurance, replacing it with insurance purchased by individuals with pre-tax money * enable interstate purchase of health insurance * expand the health care exchange that federal employees have access to to create a single, unified market for purchasing insurance * introduce the English Rule to reign in trial lawyers
  • maxxxxx 7y ago
    "You can't have transparent pricing if medicare comes in and imposed unrealistic pricing. " Why not? You still can publish prices.