r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/JDHPH 13d ago

This always seemed so anti-competitive to me. A trained physician should be able to start up their private practice/clinic to compete for patients. Just like any other business model, serving its customer base through transparent competition.

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u/ElChuloPicante 13d ago

They can do that. What they can’t do is stand up a service to which they refer their own patients. It’s to prevent things like routing patients to higher-cost, lower-quality, or harder-to-access goods and services. We don’t want doctors submitting prescriptions exclusively to a pharmacy they own, for example.

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u/Leftieswillrule 13d ago

Tied-house laws like they have for alcohol?

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u/babybambam 13d ago

There are already laws in place about this. It's also not that they can't, it's that they can't refer you without also notifying you that they have a financial interest.