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jamesfirecat2/12/2010 1:17:48 pm PST

re: #34 Mosh

The biggest problem of government run health care is that it requires price controls. Price controls do not allow supply and demand to fluctuate. Supply and demand indicate to business owners where resources are most needed.

Let me throw up a counter point.

Supply and demand work best when the price of something has a natural ceiling.

People will say “no that gas costs too much I’d rather ride a bike/walk/take public transportation.”

In this case its “no that medicine costs too much, I would rather die” that’s no a phrase you can expect to hear very often. Of course more often you see people forgoing the kind of screening they should be getting to make sure they’re healthy, so they end up making that same decision without realizing it.

How can the market put an accurate price on someone’s health and well being?