Market forces are like laws of physics. Pretending they don't exist will get you in a lot of trouble.
Notice this graph. It's in constant dollars. What does it tell you?
For the record, the population of Canada in 1991 was 27.3 million. The current population is something over 31 million, an increase of about 14 percent.
A good or service perceived as being without cost to the consumer will be consumed in excess. That you cannot provide everyone all the free health care they want isn't an opinion, it's a fact.
The end result will either be economic collapse or rationing. Most nations will choose the latter.
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Market forces
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- Aren't you Americans glad you don't have to live with socialized medicine?
- Favorite single-payer quote
- Market forces
- State of health "care" in shambles
- And those are the lucky ones - many just don't get the care to have bills. (n/t)
- I have lived under socialized medicine...
- I had a car once
- I was underwhelmed by Australian socialized medicine
- Yugos were. There was a reason for that. (n/t)
- Oh right - I forgot - anything connected with socialism is automatically bad
- I had a car once
- re: Yeah.
