Comments on: pro-market, pro-business and public health http://capturedperspective.com/2009/11/25/pro-market-pro-business-and-public-health/ "The ultimate end is that this writing and conversation will provide a better foundation for each of us to engage with and act in the unique part of the world we occupy." Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Peter T http://capturedperspective.com/2009/11/25/pro-market-pro-business-and-public-health/#comment-553 Peter T Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:10:02 +0000 http://capturedperspective.com/?p=1341#comment-553 Overall I'm pretty receptive to what you're saying, that governments being pro-business is not the same as being pro-market. Sometimes interventionist antitrust actions are far from pro-business but are necessary to maintain market health. " “People can’t get care!” scream those calling for health care reform, to which the opposition says “but we have the highest quality services out there, and our innovation is off the charts.” " However, I want to be cautious in saying that in our healthcare debate we necessarily need to end up somewhere between the status quo and the status quo with more people receiving gov't subsidized health insurance. If the problem is framed this way, I agree we cannot get better access without sacrificing quality. But if we allow a greater range of outcomes, I think we can push the Pareto curve out to a better continuum of choices. Overall I’m pretty receptive to what you’re saying, that governments being pro-business is not the same as being pro-market. Sometimes interventionist antitrust actions are far from pro-business but are necessary to maintain market health.

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“People can’t get care!” scream those calling for health care reform, to which the opposition says “but we have the highest quality services out there, and our innovation is off the charts.”
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However, I want to be cautious in saying that in our healthcare debate we necessarily need to end up somewhere between the status quo and the status quo with more people receiving gov’t subsidized health insurance. If the problem is framed this way, I agree we cannot get better access without sacrificing quality. But if we allow a greater range of outcomes, I think we can push the Pareto curve out to a better continuum of choices.

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