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From: jmfbahciv
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:53
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:53
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J. Clarke wrote: > On 14 Feb 2018 14:41:58 GMT, 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. > > If they want to be. There is no one going around holding a gun to the > partners' heads and telling them "sell or else". Yes, there is. It's called lawsuit insurance. the premiums are so high, and increasing, that it's too expensive for a small practice. /BAH
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