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We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is "too high"-- either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase the costs.
There is a fundamental difference between reducing costs and simply shifting costs around, like a pea in a shell game at a carnival. Costs are not reduced simply because you pay less at a doctor's office and...
The "Costs" of Medical Care
Like allowing trade across state lines (like congress is supposed to ensure). Putting a cap on malpractice suits. That would lower malpractice insurance costs, which would decrease doctors' and hospitals' overhead allowing them to charge less for routine procedures.
There are worlds of ways to lower health care costs. They just don't include socialism.