To: Knighty Tin who wrote (119954 ) 11/13/2009 2:09:09 PM From: Madharry Read Replies (1) | Respond to 1. Some of the debate about the health care system is just absurd. The people who whine on about market economy are misinformed . there is no free market in medicine anyway. there are no published prices on goods and services and sellers are permitted to sell the same good or service at different prices. Imagine a restaurant where the menu has no prices, and after the meal is over different patrons who eat the same meal are presented with bills for different amounts. There is also no free competition. many health care and insurers are entrenched and because of their size can buy political protection. Where i live a rival radiology group attempted to established a practice and was thwarted by the local health care provider who successfully got a law passed in the mass legislature forcing the rival group to set their practice up in New York. Insurance providers are notorious for denying treatment for the terminally ill, recognizing that they will probably die before the litigation goes to trial.
