tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post5754972266684674679..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Only if state officials step upPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-53191165478215309472011-10-07T13:47:47.001-04:002011-10-07T13:47:47.001-04:00Regulatory intervention seems optimistic: 'un...Regulatory intervention seems optimistic: 'unchecked market power' is not simply a strategy to capture consumers. It is primarily a means of shifting game parameters so that all likely future outcomes are in your favor, and that other players are competitively excluded from resource pools with the highest payoffs. 'Market approaches' are a poor rubric to evaluate healthcare enterprise where cost, quality, and even product (e.g. services, outcomes) are not transparent, and where little independence of player and rules exist. Elsewhere, they call it a 'company town'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com