That's the opportunity. Eventually regulatory capture and corruption will become so great in the US that it really does become impossible to actually provide the care. Nothing will make it through the wall of parasites.

The opportunity is in helping Americans get real healthcare outside their borders. Take a glance Uber's way. You'll know you've got it right when there's serious talk about making it illegal to travel abroad to obtain medical care. For the safety of the people and the necessary good of the lowly American doctors, of course.

I think that it is already forbidden in some countries to get specific medical treatments abroad. It is so wrong, and I would not be surprise if it is going to happen in U.S.A. too.

impossible?

> For instance to open a new hospital you have to get permission from other hospitals in the area.

This sounds like a terrible law. Where can I look for more information on this?

Thank you -- very interesting.

It sounds that way if you're a short-sighted conservative type or a hospital union rep, and makes sense until you realize that there is a glut of hospital beds in most places in the US. Care is shifting from institutions to outpatient environments, and has been for 40 years.

That excess capacity tends to be filled up with old and poor people on government health programs, and people needlessly hospitalized are likely to get more sick as a direct result of their unnecessary hospitalizations.