Question

When the government intervenes private sector?

Answer 1

We have entered an era of substantial restructuring of both the financing and delivery of health care in the private sector. The question at hand is not whether government becomes more involved but how it does so.

Late last year, the National Governor's Association stated it best in A Healthy America: The Challenge for States: "In essence, there are two polar positions regarding health care resource allocation - a market-oriented approach or a public allocation approach" (emphasis added). In other words, beyond tinkering with the status quo, we have one fundamental choice: either get serious about competition or move toward a Canadian-style system