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you're referring to the options being insurance companies or (third parties subsidizing medicine). When I say more options are the best solution I am referring to a direct exchange between patient and the provider. ANYTIME a third party is interjected into a transaction the entire premise of free market trade is out the door. Third parties such as insurance companies and government subsidies will always naturally drive the cost up, at the most basic level you have another party which has to be compensated in the least. I'm pointing out or attempting to point out that eliminating third party interference in the patient and doctor equation would be the fastest and most efficient way to reduce cost. Yes it's a radical shift to eliminate insurance for the majority of medical needs but unless we realize that the very institutions we want to control cost are the engines that drive cost we're just chasing our tails.

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