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In article <PM0005652...@aca41411.ipt.aol.com>,
jmfbahciv  <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>J. Clarke wrote:
>> On 13 Feb 2018 14:39:00 GMT, jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>John Levine wrote:
>>>> In article <r2v18dtj601makeue...@4ax.com>,
>>>> J. Clarke  <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>I'm getting the impression that you're not very familiar with the way
>that
>>>>>>the US medical system works.  When's the last time you price shopped for
>a
>>>>>>doctor?
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm getting the impression that you're not very familiar with
>>>>>economics.  In any market that does not have price controls there will
>>>>>be a range of prices, often for identical goods.  That does not mean
>>>>>that doubling the supply of goods will not reduce prices across the
>>>>>board.
>>>>
>>>> You might want to read the classic 1963 paper by Kenneth Arrow
>>>> "Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care."
>>>>
>>>> http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/82/2/PHCBP.pdf
>>>>
>>>> I happen to agree that it would be good to have more doctors and
>>>> nurses in the U.S., but I doubt that would make much difference to
>>>> healthcare prices.
>>>>
>>>Not anymore.  Doctors used to have their own business.  Now they're
>>>an employee.  Nurses have to join the local union.  That means
>>>that union rules usurp care practices.
>>
>> My doctors are members of partnerships.
>
>Partnerships are getting bought out.
>
>/BAH

Mine has been purchased by Meridian which joined with Hackensack Hospital.

The better to work together with the insurance companies to  remove your money
from your wallet.  Now the group is 16 hospitals at present plus a pile
of primary care.

https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/


Bill