Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.
by conanbatt on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:56AM
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That private healthcare in the us is heavily and negatively affected by regulation.
US has..
- a very low doc/population count, due to the artificial constraints of medical licensing and immigration law.
- a draconian FDA process for drugs and an unreasonable patent application to drugs.
- An incredibly distortive public service implementation (Medicare) that provokes cost-shifting (by paying below cost), that creates heavy admin burden (fee-for-service), and that overpays specialties and punishes primary care (fix reimbursement fees in multiples for specialties, giving a very low primary care doc count)
- An incredibly distortive tax credit for the wealthier to spend on healthcare (the richer you are, the more tax effective it is to get better insurance through your employer)
- A free-market abolishing regulation requirement: tying healthcare provider to employer.
US has.. - a very low doc/population count, due to the artificial constraints of medical licensing and immigration law.
- a draconian FDA process for drugs and an unreasonable patent application to drugs.
- An incredibly distortive public service implementation (Medicare) that provokes cost-shifting (by paying below cost), that creates heavy admin burden (fee-for-service), and that overpays specialties and punishes primary care (fix reimbursement fees in multiples for specialties, giving a very low primary care doc count)
- An incredibly distortive tax credit for the wealthier to spend on healthcare (the richer you are, the more tax effective it is to get better insurance through your employer)
- A free-market abolishing regulation requirement: tying healthcare provider to employer.