Re:Why conventional wisdom on health care is wrong (a primer...
by mindslight on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:42PM
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Didn't the de jure government get involved in WWII with prices caps on wages yet exempting benefits, and this set the stage for the anticompetitive bundling of healthcare with employment? And wasn't the standard of care back then predominantly flavoring plus opium, which has a quite low cost basis?
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Re:Why conventional wisdom on health care is wrong (a primer...
by WalterBright on Friday October 18, 2024 @10:12PM
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Yes, employers during WW2 started offering health care as a fringe benefit because the US had wage caps. Even earlier, the government required licensing of doctors, the original purpose of which was to drive out Jewish and Black doctors.
https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Monopoly-Medical-Care-Fre...
But the big government push into health care happened in the 60's.
Another big driver of American health care costs is the FDA:
https://www.amazon.com/Regulation-Pharmaceutical-Innovation-...