Rachel C

“America currently has the worst of both worlds, where government interference, instead of controlling costs, creates opportunities for rent-seeking that inflate costs. It is not possible for an unregulated market to provide a socially acceptable degree of coverage; as Kenneth Arrow noted long ago, “The laissez-faire solution for medicine is intolerable.”
― Anne Case, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

“Every cent we spend on healthcare shows up as someone’s income, and those someones will fight to preserve the status quo.”
― Anne Case, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

“No one likes compulsion, perhaps especially Americans, who hate the idea that healthcare should be rationed, although apparently not when the rationing is done by money, excluding those who cannot pay.”
― Anne Case, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism