Op-Ed: Health care system, free market not always a good mix
By EW Tibbs
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Indeed, the free market would initially seem to be an obvious strategy; after all, if a free market is good enough for consumer goods like personal computers and tires, it must also be good enough for health care. However, the analogy does not translate to health systems which exist to provide a public good that is not driven solely by economic incentives and in many instances is counter to a profit motive.