Ubiq,
“The bottom line is I don;t think free market could or should be in charge of healthcare
We have touched on many reasons here are a few:
1) Healthcare is largely not driven by supply and demand
2) The information asymmetry is close to insurmountable
3) When its an emergency you cant exactly price shop
4) Having a business decide who lives and who dies Is as you said “wrong, I agree”
So If not the private sector who should run it?
t o that I say it should be the government.”
These are significant issues, but I fail to see how putting the government in charge would fix those issues. In fact, the government may make decisions without consequence to its decisions. Where in a free market, a truly free and open market the service providers or insurers would have to compete with each other for the consumers to sign up with them.