Well, in my case, I'm well aware that medical procedures are more costly than they need to be. Anyone who has traveled or read up on medical tourism is aware.
I lay the blame for the high costs on prior government interventions, such as medical licensure laws (which allow medical cartels to restrict entry into the market), pharmacy laws and patents (which give certain companies monopoly control over drug manufacturing and distribution), the FDA (which adds hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to new medicine development), tax favoritism for employer provided healthcare (which shields consumers from prices, and forces people to be employed to have affordable healthcare), and a multitude other perverse regulations.
IMO, creating a de facto state run healthcare monopoly doesn't solve any of those problems, and in the long run, will result in corruption, lack of innovation, high costs, long lines, and poor customer service. (See PG&E, Comcast, DMV, Post Office, military, VA system, and every other direct or de facto government monopoly.)
I look at the pathologies of cities that have been wholly controlled by Democrats for decades (high cost, high crime, filth, corruption, poor customer service), and I don't see any any reason to believe that the same people controlling those cities will be able to create a low cost, efficient, customer friendly healthcare system.
I also notice that the executive branch is currently under the control of a sociopathic narcissist, and I don't want to give him (and his successors) any more money and power. Certainly not monopoly control over the funding and distribution of my healthcare.
#healthcare
#medicaltourism
I lay the blame for the high costs on prior government interventions, such as medical licensure laws (which allow medical cartels to restrict entry into the market), pharmacy laws and patents (which give certain companies monopoly control over drug manufacturing and distribution), the FDA (which adds hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to new medicine development), tax favoritism for employer provided healthcare (which shields consumers from prices, and forces people to be employed to have affordable healthcare), and a multitude other perverse regulations.
IMO, creating a de facto state run healthcare monopoly doesn't solve any of those problems, and in the long run, will result in corruption, lack of innovation, high costs, long lines, and poor customer service. (See PG&E, Comcast, DMV, Post Office, military, VA system, and every other direct or de facto government monopoly.)
I look at the pathologies of cities that have been wholly controlled by Democrats for decades (high cost, high crime, filth, corruption, poor customer service), and I don't see any any reason to believe that the same people controlling those cities will be able to create a low cost, efficient, customer friendly healthcare system.
I also notice that the executive branch is currently under the control of a sociopathic narcissist, and I don't want to give him (and his successors) any more money and power. Certainly not monopoly control over the funding and distribution of my healthcare.
#healthcare
#medicaltourism