mazeltov wrote:
Weena wrote:
It's disturbing how people can't understand that basic human health is not something that should be bought and sold.
Agree 100%
Since you're just going to bleeding heart all over rug, I'll answer for you.
The price is going to go up, because demand is going to go up. Demand is going to go up because it's free.
Because demand goes up, queues will happen. Black Friday is a good case study of this. Prices are dropped, everybody is aware of it, and long queues happen. Now imagine if things weren't just reduced in price, but made free.
Not to mention, there becomes absolutely zero reason (fiscal wise) to stay in shape, there becomes zero reason not to go to the doctor for any little thing(except the long queues), and the price goes up (for the taxpayer) even more.
So then, because healthcare is viewed as 'essential' and the price went up, the subsidy is going to go up to cover the increasing price.
In which case, because of a complete lack of market discipline, the price will go up more. The customer doesn't care how high it goes, because it's free.
Should I keep going? Yes.
Deeper public debt. And once the bottom is hit, there won't be any healthcare for anybody essentially.
People gaming the system.
Government now has a good reason to tell you not to eat that, not to take those, take those, eat that, and do that. So long as it has some connection to your health.