[raverbashing]

True

I think that Healthcare would solve 95% of its problems with a truly Free Market, but to have that you need a very strict law enforcing fair and transparent rules to all (like mandatory transparent pricing), elimination of bottlenecks (like MD graduation and facilitate hiring from overseas), liability and regulation limitation and other things.

[themagician]

You will never get there. It's just unrealistic. There are products that are too specialized and have no competition. There are long term contracts that prevent all sorts of efficiencies. There are parts of the supply chain that operate on timelines measured in decades.

[raverbashing]

Everywhere else works better

> There are long term contracts that prevent all sorts of efficiencies.

Yeah, then those who signed those contracts will be less efficient, and maybe go bankrupt. That happens in several cases, not limited to healthcare

[themagician]

You really don't want necessary healthcare companies going bankrupt on a regular basis.

Perhaps healthcare could be efficient on a long enough time scale. When we all live to 1,000 years old maybe it won't matter so much.