> so they have little to no basis for making an informed decision about their care or provider
The problem with not allowing individual choice in regards to health decisions is illustrated succinctly by the War on Drugs.
Additionally, even if we rigorously proved that local decision actors in a market operate upon highly imperfect knowledge when making decisions, it would not constitute a proof that a global decision actor with access to enlightened knowledge would be able to make decisions for them more efficiently or justly by employing a non-market based algorithm.
> If a child or loved one is involved you're even less likely to start thinking about dollars over medicine
Why is medicine different from food, water, and shelter? Aren't those even more important survival needs we are forced to make tradeoffs regarding every day?
The problem with not allowing individual choice in regards to health decisions is illustrated succinctly by the War on Drugs.
Additionally, even if we rigorously proved that local decision actors in a market operate upon highly imperfect knowledge when making decisions, it would not constitute a proof that a global decision actor with access to enlightened knowledge would be able to make decisions for them more efficiently or justly by employing a non-market based algorithm.
> If a child or loved one is involved you're even less likely to start thinking about dollars over medicine
Why is medicine different from food, water, and shelter? Aren't those even more important survival needs we are forced to make tradeoffs regarding every day?