You must be in healthcare. What you state isn’t true at all. The free market is best for all, including health care.
If I could get a stent put in for the cost of a pharm tech, then isn’t that a good thing?
Why does a regional hospital monopoly protect me or any other consumer? Be specific.
India, along with other 3rd world countries have some great healthcare facilities. They compete on a worldwide basis with the best and cost a fraction of what is charged domestically. Look it up.
I think you may have applied to medical school and could not get in, and ascribe to the "guild mentality" of many I have met on FR. Did you know it's also very tough to get into pharmacy school and nursing school? It is very expensive to educate any kind of medical personnel. It's not like a walk down neighborhood law school in a basement.
The problem with the cost of medical care is indeed a lack of free market--and ruinous regulations and taxes. But different states have different licensing requirements, designed to stop incompetent doctors and other personnel from crossing over state lines to avoid disasters in the first state. I'd say the states should be allowed their "market" as well, and let the citizens vote with their feet--to India, if need be.