And it doesn’t require a free market to refrain from using “bad places.” I avoid the “bad DMV” like the plague - and that’s a branch of the state government.
Regarding free market health care. It can be done - a good example is Canada.
In Canada, health care is free to patients. The state pays doctors directly. The prices are set by the state, so doctors compete on quality/patient preference.
In America, almost all hospitals are nominally nonprofit (religious, university, etc). In Canada they are often for-profit (there are quite a few public ones too.)
Patients can see whoever they want. Good hospitals get patients, bad ones don’t.
Good hospitals make profits, while bad ones don’t.
That seems like a good system to me.
My Canadian relatives love it. The comparison I made is really just me paraphrasing them.
And it doesn’t require a free market to refrain from using “bad places.” I avoid the “bad DMV” like the plague - and that’s a branch of the state government.
Regarding free market health care. It can be done - a good example is Canada.
In Canada, health care is free to patients. The state pays doctors directly. The prices are set by the state, so doctors compete on quality/patient preference.
In America, almost all hospitals are nominally nonprofit (religious, university, etc). In Canada they are often for-profit (there are quite a few public ones too.)
Patients can see whoever they want. Good hospitals get patients, bad ones don’t.
Good hospitals make profits, while bad ones don’t.
That seems like a good system to me.
My Canadian relatives love it. The comparison I made is really just me paraphrasing them.