Thread: Just out of morbid curiosity...what stops the free market in the USA from having normal healthcare?
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Old 04-08-2014, 11:27 AM  
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Originally Posted by crucifissio View Post
Ok just curious...if the US has a free market, and is the leader of the "free world" ect. what exactly is stopping the US from having normal health care?

For example a guy posted he paid 8000$ for a trip to the ER and was told to take a tylenol. What stops somebody in the USA from opening a normal doctors practice and charging normal rates for medical services? Asking for example 300$ for a night at the ER?
its not free market. hospitals and doctors can't turn away people who won't pay them, insurance can't be sold across state lines, etc. etc.
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