tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6378384456043415353..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Best History of How We Got High Medical Prices and ObamacareRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65419793367602827412016-12-20T12:52:53.129-05:002016-12-20T12:52:53.129-05:00The AMA cartel isn't a minor effect for medica...The AMA cartel isn't a minor effect for medical students and residents and it does effect patient care and cost. Residency positions in practically all specialties are severely, and artificially, limited by medical education regulation. 100:1 ratios of graduating doctors to available residency positions are not uncommon in some specialties here in the US. Yet there are still severe shortages.Randy Rosaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728194631572654271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81991166305345201272016-12-20T12:26:44.757-05:002016-12-20T12:26:44.757-05:00Not minor at all IMO. Licensing and drug regulati...Not minor at all IMO. Licensing and drug regulation are two of the lynchpins of medical central planning since they make outside competition illegal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3787576228868563812016-12-20T12:01:44.316-05:002016-12-20T12:01:44.316-05:00Insurance in and of itself doesn't drive up pr...Insurance in and of itself doesn't drive up prices. Without all the other government interference, insurance companies would have to compete, yet still make a profit to stay in business. This would adjust the price of insurance as well as the price of the medical procedures covered by the insurance. The current set of so-called insurance policies aren't insurance at all. With insurance,Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75716703835062092672016-12-20T09:28:48.834-05:002016-12-20T09:28:48.834-05:00Very good, but I thought he would mention the cart...Very good, but I thought he would mention the cartelizing of the medical profession via the medical school system and state licensing of doctors. I suppose the effect of those two changes were extremely minor to the later developments.Shimshonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158609487960587917noreply@blogger.com