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Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by monocasa on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:34PM (#28235948)
Those exist because the hospitals are privately owned. An area doesn't want hospital companies getting into a pricing war and then both going under leaving the area without hospital service at all.

There'd be no reason for it with a public health care system.

Re:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40% by monocularvision on Thursday August 19, 2021 @04:17PM (#28238811)
The government tries to keep medical care expensive to avoid competition that might result in some instability so the cure is … government running health care.