And WHY are health care costs so expensive in the first place? Because government got involved in a field where it has no business messing with. Remove government from health care entirely and the market forces will take over, making providers compete with each other, driving down costs.
Why is it that no one wants to talk about WHY costs are so high? Reduce federal overreach, get the feds out of the doctor-patient relationship, and let the market determine costs and prices.
In past years hospitals primarily were non profit, sponsored primarily by charitable and religious institutions. The big push to corporatize medicine into for profit institutions came with the promise of big dividends to the public in lowered medical costs. In those days hospitals and medical care was rated at around 3% of national GDP. Most recent estimates put it in the over 20% range of GDP
You are correct that if it were forced to respond to market forces, Costs would have actually dropped. But instead, it became the playground of pay offs and kick backs and and a bonanza of bribes to politicians.
Needless death and robbing the poor always find a way lining the pockets of the rich and powerful at the cost of everyone else.
And WHY are health care costs so expensive in the first place? Because government got involved in a field where it has no business messing with. Remove government from health care entirely and the market forces will take over, making providers compete with each other, driving down costs.
Why is it that no one wants to talk about WHY costs are so high? Reduce federal overreach, get the feds out of the doctor-patient relationship, and let the market determine costs and prices.
In past years hospitals primarily were non profit, sponsored primarily by charitable and religious institutions. The big push to corporatize medicine into for profit institutions came with the promise of big dividends to the public in lowered medical costs. In those days hospitals and medical care was rated at around 3% of national GDP. Most recent estimates put it in the over 20% range of GDP
You are correct that if it were forced to respond to market forces, Costs would have actually dropped. But instead, it became the playground of pay offs and kick backs and and a bonanza of bribes to politicians.
Needless death and robbing the poor always find a way lining the pockets of the rich and powerful at the cost of everyone else.