Comments on: Health Care: Government Regulations Can Kill You http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/04/12/health-care-government-regulations-can-kill-you/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/04/12/health-care-government-regulations-can-kill-you/#comment-178 Catron Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:50:24 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/04/12/health-care-government-regulations-can-kill-you/#comment-178 As someone who works in the health care industry, I can promise you that we definitely don't like government regulation or the costs that come with it. What we in the industry would like is to provide quality care for a reasonable (market-determined) price. Unfortunately, excess government regulation gets in the way. As to defensive medicine, no one wants to forbid people from suing TRULY negligent docs. But the large number of frivolous suits does cause physicians to order too many tests so that they won't be accused of not being properly dilligent. This creates over-utilization (excess demand) which is a major cause of rising health care costs. As someone who works in the health care industry, I can promise you that we definitely don’t like government regulation or the costs that come with it. What we in the industry would like is to provide quality care for a reasonable (market-determined) price. Unfortunately, excess government regulation gets in the way.

As to defensive medicine, no one wants to forbid people from suing TRULY negligent docs. But the large number of frivolous suits does cause physicians to order too many tests so that they won’t be accused of not being properly dilligent. This creates over-utilization (excess demand) which is a major cause of rising health care costs.

]]> By: Lee Stranahan http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/04/12/health-care-government-regulations-can-kill-you/#comment-170 Lee Stranahan Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:04:56 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/04/12/health-care-government-regulations-can-kill-you/#comment-170 Sorry, I was a libertarian too long not to recognize this tactic - what you are saying here is TOTAL BS... First off, the costs of regulation are something that the health care industry LIKES. They want regulation - it helps doctors keep midwives illegal and helps the drug companies stop competition. Second, by tossing 'defensive medicine' in there as example of regulation is a joke. Are you saying people shouldn't be allowed to sure doctors who are negligent? These figure for deaths were pulled out of someone's butt. It's a good example of lying with statistics. Sorry, I was a libertarian too long not to recognize this tactic - what you are saying here is TOTAL BS…

First off, the costs of regulation are something that the health care industry LIKES. They want regulation - it helps doctors keep midwives illegal and helps the drug companies stop competition.

Second, by tossing ‘defensive medicine’ in there as example of regulation is a joke. Are you saying people shouldn’t be allowed to sure doctors who are negligent?

These figure for deaths were pulled out of someone’s butt. It’s a good example of lying with statistics.

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