title: Say no to healthcare price controls.
abstract: Throughout history, price controls on goods and services have never worked. Nevertheless, a number of healthcare reform proposals currently under discussion include price controls as a means of cost containment. Mr Dingman argues that the fundamental structure of the current system should be maintained and that price controls, rather than containing healthcare costs, will actually raise them.
authors.affiliation: Free Congress Foundation and National Empowerment Television (NET), Washington, DC.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Dingman
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States