First post here, I was in an argument with my father and grandfather about free market healthcare and I simply didn’t have the knowledge to persuade them and I’m now coming to you guys for help. Any links or books would be greatly appreciated!

Here are some helpful discussions from the past, y’know so you can be “ready” :stuck_out_tongue: : [image] Why is healthcare so expensive? Economics Questions I understand why a universal healthcare plan will drive healthcare costs up. But why is American heal…

I would like to add that my father and grandfather are by no means athiests. They support mostly libertarian ideals in regards to the economy and the government, but they believe the free market doesn’t work in healthcare. Just don’t want you guys thinking my family are a bunch of socialists lol.

Definitely take notice of Wheylous’ point, and that presented by many of the sources I provided. We do not have anything close to a free market in health care. So if they are using the US as their evidence for their claim, then you can actually show that they are alleging a *non-*free market doesn’…

They don’t use our system as an example of a Free Market system. I also used the argument you stated in the first paragraph of your reply. They mostly used the “shopping around when you need open heart surgery” argument. I simply did not have a reply to that. I’m sure after looking through these re…

I don’t quite get it. They acknowledge that our system is not a free-market one, and has not been in their lifetime, yet claim the knowledge that the free-market in healthcare won’t work? Ask them for specifics maybe? And what is this: “shopping around when you need open heart surgery” a rebuttal t…

Hehe…just last week: Government Medical ‘Care’: Turning Qualified Doctors Into Waiters

In regards to the “shopping around” thing, it is simply saying that costs remain low and quality remains high in a free market because you can shop around for goods and services. Their argument is that when you are laying on the ground dying and have to have surgery immediately you can’t exactly fin…

a) Irrelevant, as, in a free market overall cost would be lower and quality would be higher. So even if you end up paying the highest price for the lowest quality in a free market, your care would still be better quality and lower price than what you’re getting now. b) What percentage of administe…

Thank you. Those are the words I could not seem to come up with that night.

Where are good resources that make the case for Free Market Healthcare?

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John_James March 21, 2012, 2:29am 12

See here.

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Where are good resources that make the case for Free Market Healthcare?

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