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re: Supporters of Obamacare: Are there no free market solutions to Healthcare?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 2:31 pm to Roaad
Posted on 1/10/14 at 2:31 pm to Roaad
I don't like Obamacare for a lot of reasons but I will answer your question anyway.
The main reason health care costs are so out of control in this country compared to others is because in other countries there is a clearinghouse of sorts that will collectively bargain for prices on heath care products. People with health problems are in no position to act like consumers the way they would for a car or a tv so consumers are gouged as a result.
If there were a private, yelp type organization that would bring everything together and either collectively bargain for services or make it a lot easier/more practical for people to act as they normally would as consumers then I would be fine with that.
The main reason health care costs are so out of control in this country compared to others is because in other countries there is a clearinghouse of sorts that will collectively bargain for prices on heath care products. People with health problems are in no position to act like consumers the way they would for a car or a tv so consumers are gouged as a result.
If there were a private, yelp type organization that would bring everything together and either collectively bargain for services or make it a lot easier/more practical for people to act as they normally would as consumers then I would be fine with that.
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:31 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:Worse, since they have no intention of ever paying, they have no motivation to negotiate prices, or consider the value of any particular treatment. If a procedure costs $300,000 and extends your life a week, why not? You aren't paying.
People with health problems are in no position to act like consumers the way they would for a car or a tv so consumers are gouged as a result.
As far as price gouging... What do you base they belief on?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 9:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:
I don't like Obamacare for a lot of reasons but I will answer your question anyway.
The main reason health care costs are so out of control in this country compared to others is because in other countries there is a clearinghouse of sorts that will collectively bargain for prices on heath care products. People with health problems are in no position to act like consumers the way they would for a car or a tv so consumers are gouged as a result.
If there were a private, yelp type organization that would bring everything together and either collectively bargain for services or make it a lot easier/more practical for people to act as they normally would as consumers then I would be fine with that.
Pretty much this.
I don't like Obamacare either, but I also don't think there's a free market solution to high healthcare costs. At least I haven't seen one yet.
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