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Public Attitudes Toward Health Care Spending Aren't The Problem; Prices Are
Health Affairs, 09/17/09
Oberlander J et al. – The preoccupation with excessive demand as the cause of and rationing as the cure for U.S. health spending overlooks an alternative explanation for that spending: higher prices. There is evidence that price regulation can constrain spending and that the public will support that cost–control approach.
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