Controlling health care costs is a hugely complicated undertaking. In our collective frustration with the complexity of the challenge, let's not take actions that will only make the problem worse. Arbitrary price controls have a superficial appeal, but the economic and other consequences could be far-reaching and permanent.
March 17, 2010
HEALTH CARE
Op-ed: Caps hurt health system
Controlling health care costs is a hugely complicated undertaking. In our collective frustration with the complexity of the challenge, let's not take actions that will only make the problem worse. Arbitrary price controls have a superficial appeal, but the economic and other consequences could be far-reaching and permanent.