title: [Market forces inevitable in health care].
abstract: Market forces inevitable in health care. - Free markets exist everywhere and have provided us, as a society, with many benefits. A truly free market does not exist: all market sectors are bound within legal frameworks. For health care, the question is not whether a free market is feasible, but within which frameworks does it work exclusively. Establishing the framework is a particular political responsibility. Without the framework, health care will fall prey to political opportunists and lobbyists for pressure groups.
authors.affiliation: maljers@plexus.nl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maljers
mesh_terms: D030861:Capitalism; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D009426:Netherlands; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*