13135325, That's what makes this whole thing complicated... Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Wed Mar-15-17 06:18 PM
Healthcare is a scarce resource like anything else. There is a finite number of doctor-hours, drugs, supplies, etc. Price is typically the mechanism used to allocate scarce resources. If there is no price, then people have no incentive to not over-consume.
Like dude said, when you don't have to even think about price you have no concerns at all about seeing a medical provider. So every concern you have will be check out. Even unnecessary things. You'll be going to the dermatologist to get a benign, but unsightly, discoloration taken care of. You will go to the doctor when you have a simple cold.
There has to be something that makes people have skin in the game, which is what co-pays and deductibles do. If there is no cost sharing, then there has to be rationing. And I think that would be much much worse
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