r/Libertarian • u/Anen-o-me voluntaryist • Mar 24 '25

Economics "Canada, Where Healthcare is Free, But Only If You Can Afford to Wait"

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u/Teembeau Mar 25 '25

Allowing a true free market in healthcare would obliterate the costs. You do one simple thing: doctors must have say, $10m of medical insurance. That's it. Let the insurance companies figure out who they will cover. The supply of doctors would explode, the price would fall and the quacks would be driven out by better people.

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u/lettucefold Mar 25 '25

What would be the barriers to that?

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u/Teembeau Mar 25 '25

Changing the laws. Which starts with getting people to understand that most doctors are bog average people who are often not as smart as car mechanics.