Bingo, see my post elsewhere in this thread :-) I'm no expert but have been reading about this for a couple decades now, and the consistent element in every no

Bingo, see my post elsewhere in this thread :-) I'm no expert but have been reading about this for a couple decades now, and the consistent element in every non-US system in developed countries, despite a vast variety of approaches, is indeed price controls, either explicit or de facto. I'm highly skeptical of any reform attempt in the US that doesn't have that as a central element, due to, you know, gestures at the rest of the world.