Excerpt:
"The tax treatment of health insurance has created a third-party payment system that limits choices for patients and insulates them from the cost of treatments. As a result, most medical providers do not compete with each other based on cost and quality. Quality is better and prices are lower in medical sectors where patients pay directly for services, such as laser eye surgery or cosmetic surgery.
Failing to grasp this point leads to ill-conceived recommendations to improve health care: 'sensitizing' lawmakers to children’s needs, increasing government funding, etc."
Oh wait, I forgot.
I can't use anything from the Heritage Foundation, because Dave Ribar has them on his personal "not credible" list because they are a "conservative source".
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