Comments on: A Couple More Thoughts About Healthcare https://windypundit.com/2009/06/a_couple_more_thoughts_about_h/ Classical liberalism, criminal laws, the war on drugs, economics, free speech, technology, photography, sex work, cats, and whatever else comes to mind. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: nicole https://windypundit.com/2009/06/a_couple_more_thoughts_about_h/#comment-1688 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:04:31 +0000 https://windypundit.com/?p=1610#comment-1688 Regarding healthcare scarcity and the possible response of doctors to increased profitability of providing healthcare: don’t forget that in fact doctors have been artificially reducing the supply of healthcare for years via the AMA and licensing requirements. The AMA functions as a guild to keep too many people from becoming licensed doctors (and often works to prevent other healthcare professionals, such as advanced practice nurses, from being allowed to perform many procedures without their supervision). So no, the long-term supply of healthcare is not fixed, but it has been subject to manipulation from doctors in the past in sort of the opposite way from what you describe. Just another something to think about…

]]> By: bunkerbuster https://windypundit.com/2009/06/a_couple_more_thoughts_about_h/#comment-1687 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:49:44 +0000 https://windypundit.com/?p=1610#comment-1687 What’s your view on demand for health care?

The market model would have it increase to infinity if it becomes zero cost to the consumer.

But in reality, the non-union pipefitter who can now afford to have regular check ups may well have significantly lower long-term demand for medical services.

And there’s always the classic emergency room scenario in which demand for those ER resources balloons because the poor have nowhere else to go and because minor problems go untreated until they are emergencies…

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