You assume that universal coverage would expand demand. This was true when people went from no coverage to Medicaid. For a year and a half . Then their utilization normalized. Your assumption that demand needs to be controlled should be questioned. Most people don’t want to go to the doctor. The medical and pharmaceutical industries work hard to push demand.
If the pharmaceutical and medical industries offered quality appropriate care, demand would be about what it is now. The scarcity of access drives demand for a while. That’s the reason universal coverage makes sense.
I don’t agree. Healthcare has nearly infinite demand. There are two large randomized trials that showed this.
It’s not that people enjoy going to the doctor but they make appointments and no show, or have low value appointments. This happens in medicaid all the time.
You assume that universal coverage would expand demand. This was true when people went from no coverage to Medicaid. For a year and a half . Then their utilization normalized. Your assumption that demand needs to be controlled should be questioned. Most people don’t want to go to the doctor. The medical and pharmaceutical industries work hard to push demand.
If the pharmaceutical and medical industries offered quality appropriate care, demand would be about what it is now. The scarcity of access drives demand for a while. That’s the reason universal coverage makes sense.
I don’t agree. Healthcare has nearly infinite demand. There are two large randomized trials that showed this.
It’s not that people enjoy going to the doctor but they make appointments and no show, or have low value appointments. This happens in medicaid all the time.