SmartMuffin posted...
The second option is imperfect, because there are some doctors who, for moral or religious reasons, will refuse to perform certain procedures regardless of price. What happens then?
Because it's imperfect we shouldn't bother trying? Also, I'd wager in the overwhelming majority of scenarios you can find a doctor willing to perform a particular life saving procedure, assuming it's not experimental; isn't that what would happen in your idealized "free market" scenario? The point isn't to make a particular doctor perform a particular surgery, it's to make sure that a particular patient will obtain that surgery, even if it requires tax payers to foot the bill.
SmartMuffin posted...
It's always so sad when someone on the board posts that they're worried they might be critically ill, but they can't afford to have it checked out. That's just... Ugh.
If you feel so bad about it, maybe you should send them a check.
An individual can't afford to pay for every single person's medical treatment.
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