PubMed · 15168579
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Carl Hammerschlag. 2004. "Help me, I'm cold.".. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15168579/
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Market forces inevitable in health care. - Free markets exist everywhere and have provided us, as a society, with many benefits. A truly free market does not exist: all market sectors are bound within legal frameworks. For health care, the question is not whether a free market is feasible, but within which frameworks does it work exclusively. Establishing the framework is a particular political responsibility. Without the framework, health care will fall prey to political opportunists and lobbyists for pressure groups.
The new health care system in the Netherlands introduces a free market into the health care sector. Because health care lacks some essential conditions, a free market will not provide effective resource allocation in this sector. In addition, a free market leads to more bureaucracy and less solidarity, cooperation and freedom of choice. It also impairs the autonomy of the medical professional.