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re: Supporters of Obamacare: Are there no free market solutions to Healthcare?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 2:11 pm to Taxing Authority
Posted on 1/10/14 at 2:11 pm to Taxing Authority
So you agree that the insurance system absent of government is still not really a free market system?
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:26 pm to Powerman
quote:Sort of. The mistake patients make is believing that they are the customer when it comes to receiving healthcare. They are not. The insurance company is the doctor's customer.
So you agree that the insurance system absent of government is still not really a free market system?
A market does exist between insurance companies and providers. But it's a much smaller (fewer actors) and thus less competitive market, lacking downward price drivers, than would exist if patients were paying their own bills.
Posted on 1/13/14 at 6:54 am to Powerman
quote:Actually, no, I wouldn't agree.
So you agree that the insurance system absent of government is still not really a free market system?
Your rhetorical leaves me suspicious you have no idea how heavily our government is involved in healthcare, or the nature of its involvement.
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