Congress to Healthcare Market: Drop Dead, economics Professor Mark J. Perry summarizes "market-based healthcare solutions have gone largely unnoticed, despite the fact that they have successfully lowered medical costs and improved both access and quality of service." He describes the success of:
Retail clinics
Retail clinic-hospital partnerships
"full range of medical services, from ...
From the Washington Post:
Walk-in medical clinics run by CVS, Wal-Mart and other retailers provide care for routine illnesses that is as good as, and costs less than, similar care offered in doctors' offices, hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centers, according to a new Rand Corp. study. The cost savings ...
Continued from Part 5.
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Competition has begun to improve America's health care. Example, laser eye surgeons, cosmetic surgeons. Costs decreases, quality increases. Patients pay doctors directly.
Medical clinics staffed by nurse practioners. Inexpensive routine care. E.g., RediClinic, MinuteClinic.
Doctors who do not accept insurance. E.g., Patmos EmergiClinic. Uninsured patients save money, providers keep costs ...
