They dont work, simply because if you limit payment then hospitals will stop doing the procedure, will fight against doing them, and will engage in high cost cutting to provide them. Please remember that about 60%+ plus of hospitals are non-profits: they only bask in the profits for their own salaries, but don't have the profit-based mentality usually accussed of.
You might want them to do that, but I doubt the market will agree with you on that one.
They dont work, simply because if you limit payment then hospitals will stop doing the procedure, will fight against doing them, and will engage in high cost cutting to provide them. Please remember that about 60%+ plus of hospitals are non-profits: they only bask in the profits for their own salaries, but don't have the profit-based mentality usually accussed of.
You might want them to do that, but I doubt the market will agree with you on that one.