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1. You don't recognize governments role in causing the problem.

2. You accept without question that its up to the government to fix the problem.

3. You don't trust the profit motive and Free Markets to solve the problem.


The best thing government could do is get out of the way. Government pays universities to limit enrollments in medical school - we have fewer doctors and health care professionals as a result. Supply and demand. Fewer doctors, greater demand, higher costs. That's just one example. The government intrusion on private HC insurance and governments control of Medicare/Medicaid are probably the biggest impediments to bringing costs down.


Supply and demand work, if we want lower costs, we need to increase the supply. The private sector does this automatically if the government doesn't get involved. Any shortage of food? Clothing? Electronics? Compared to health care, those industries have minimal government intrusion on their markets, the result is abundance and affordability. We could have the same with health care if we stop looking to the government to solve our problems and recognize governments role in creating the problem.


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