Mises Wire
Author:
Martin Masse
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Howard Gleckman in BusinessWeek on our health care industry , which doesn’t have “powerful market forces that drive retail costs down,” in Wal-Mart fashion. Sometimes, however, Americans use more care because they think it’s free, or almost free. And that’s one big reason why health care hasn’t become Wal-Mart-ized. When you buy that DVD player,