Morality, Not Markets, Is The Heart of Healthcare
By Michael Bryan
The American healthcare system is not a market at all. And it is certainly not a 'free' market.
That may be a counter-intuitive statement, given the political discourse around the American healthcare system. But allow me to make the case before you reject this premise.
Any economist will tell you that a free market system for exchange of any good or service requires several basic preconditions in order to work. Some of those prerequisites are: the existence of fungible goods in the market (substitutions are possible which leave the consumer equally well off), pricing information freely available to consumer and providers, freedom by participants (especially buyers) to select the timing of their purchases, and freedom to choose whether to enter the market at all.
None of these preconditions obtain in the American healthcare system.
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Russell Pearce Uses the End of 287g Program to Fundraise for BAN… Surprise!
By Michael Bryan
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What Pearce fails to mention is that DHS is also rolling out a new program, Secure Communities, which accomplishes the same immigration status checks on all persons booked in local jails across 15,000 jurisdiction in 44 states (whereas 287(g) is only in about 60 jurisdictions), without the liability and constitutional violations created by unleashing xenophobic hate-baters like Sheriff Joe Arpaio on an innocent public.
Let's have a look at Pearce's fundraising pitch:
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