Not disagreeing on the fact that the system is broken.
However, if cost is important, why are prices not transparent, and the same for all treatments (hint: medicare is a big reason)?
Why do states have laws that prohibit competition? In many states, you can only build a new hospital if existing hospitals OK it.
In our state, why is there a shortage of general practitioners? (hint: after paying malpractice insurance and student loans, its almost impossible to make a living). So, GPs are moving to other states.
Mis-regulation has created an environment where market forces are prohibited from operating, predatory lawyers make a killing, cronies are comfortable - with predictable results.
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 this system? They are not victims.
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
However, if cost is important, why are prices not transparent, and the same for all treatments (hint: medicare is a big reason)?
Why do states have laws that prohibit competition? In many states, you can only build a new hospital if existing hospitals OK it.
In our state, why is there a shortage of general practitioners? (hint: after paying malpractice insurance and student loans, its almost impossible to make a living). So, GPs are moving to other states.
Mis-regulation has created an environment where market forces are prohibited from operating, predatory lawyers make a killing, cronies are comfortable - with predictable results.