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Both price controls and rationing, at least in the short term, are capable of reducing overall health care costs. Nevertheless, neither of these strategies is frequently used. Why is that? Should either of these be used? Provide examples of how they are used, state whether you think these are good or bad ideas, and explain your reasoning.

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Both price controls and rationing, at least in the short term, are capable of reducing overall health care costs. Nevertheless, neither of these strategies is frequently used. Why is that? Should either of these be used? Provide examples of how they are used, state whether you think these are good or bad ideas, and explain your reasoning.

Historically price controls have been used as early as the 1970s and 80s to set a unique
price for a particular healthcare problem. Although many insurance companies are prone to this
type of payment option, it is not a universal system. To find this type of payment control, one
finds this in Medicare and Medicaid. Healthcare costs ...

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