How regulations raise health care costs
The following was written by Roger Canon, LRT There have been accusations, including some by our president, that doctors sometimes order procedures just to make a profit. For instance, that doctors are more likely to cut out tonsils, or cut off legs, or perform c-sections, because these make more money and are easier than trying to find out why the tonsils are swollen, why a leg is rotting off, or waiting for birth to be natural. The cure for this is supposed to be government run healthcare and not for profit healthcare, as these evils are the result of capitalism. Yes, if you are a doctor and you are cutting out tonsils or cutting off legs just to make a profit than you are a despicable doctor. Still, government run healthcare will not solve this problem, only make it worse. I can give you some real life examples to make my point. According to modern healthcare regulations, if you come to the emergency room with generic dyspnea, and the doctor even thinks you should b...