Comment by itake
2 days ago
when funding is cut, do surgeons perform less surgeries or the supply of healthcare remain the same, but there is lower demand due to limited access?
2 days ago
when funding is cut, do surgeons perform less surgeries or the supply of healthcare remain the same, but there is lower demand due to limited access?
Health care is not a single good. Facilities close. In the short term some doctors shift to providing elective services to people who can afford them. In the long term the numbers of doctors and nurses per capita decrease. Frustrating people until they give up does does not lower demand in any important sense.