Freedom or Socialism?

[Ana the Ist]

Well then we are left with someone else finding that out for us.

But what if the consumer started to demand that? This is one reason why medical costs are so high. The consumer has NO control over any of it. And it doesn't matter who else is involved. We have no control, the insurance companies do. OR we have no control and the government does. And as long as insurance is willing to pay and so is government, there is NO incentive for the medical profession to cut back in cost.

Cost of services is only controlled by supply and demand. Between the provider of goods and the consumer. If the medical profession had to actually compete in the market, perhaps we could lower cost.

In most cases in the medical industry, price isn't affected by competition because demand is static. The number of people who need a hip replaced isn't changed by the number of hips available. Demand is static and the basic rules of free market capitalism fail.

Conservatives like to use examples where demand isn't static...like lazer eye surgery, dental implants, or plastic surgery. This is because they know most examples won't work.

When you need brain surgery, you aren't shopping around for the best deal. You're going with the guy who is so good at brain surgery that he could stumble into the surgery room half drunk and still nail it.

 

[MorkandMindy]

The US has economic problems that seem insoluble, but actually they are fairly easy to solve,

but the multi billionaires want to continue siphoning money out of the country so keep the tangled morass which is our healthcare system,

the rest of the economy is pretty much like that too.

 

[rjs330]

The US has economic problems that seem insoluble, but actually they are fairly easy to solve,

but the multi billionaires want to continue siphoning money out of the country so keep the tangled morass which is our healthcare system,

the rest of the economy is pretty much like that too.

The US has a great economy. When Trump was pres things were going very well for everyone.

There arent that many billionaires and even if you took every single dime they made it would run out country for a very short period of time.

I know, you are very jealous of people who have done well and covet other people's money. But, go earn your own. It's better for you.