Specialty hospitals create a competitive environment that leads to higher quality health care and expanded consumer choice. However, prohibitive government regulations threaten these innovative facilities-ultimately threatening choice, affordability, and improved quality for all health care consumers.
Why Doctors Aren’t Allowed to Give You Free Care
Growing up as the son of a Naval Reserves surgeon and medical school professor, I witnessed top-notch medical care, but I also saw firsthand the many obstacles that hinder doctors. One of the most frustrating obstacles is the burden of government regulations. In rural Texas, numerous patients rely on government-run insurance programs such as Medicare...