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The US system isn't the only way a marketdriven system can be and a lot of it's problems are lobby and politics related.
Market demand is a good thing in the sense that it creates better allocation of resources.
The US doesn't have a healthcare market driven by market demand. But the fact is that the US system has more advanced treatment methods.
The problem is that it's not evenly distributed.
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The US system isn't the only way a marketdriven system can be and a lot of it's problems are lobby and politics related.
Market demand is a good thing in the sense that it creates better allocation of resources.
The US doesn't have a healthcare market driven by market demand. But the fact is that the US system has more advanced treatment methods.
The problem is that it's not evenly distributed.