The Politics of Health Care

517.191 - 540.348 Senator John Marty

But one of the problems I've seen has been throughout my career and started probably in the 70s is that policymakers say we've got several problems with our health care system. One, not everybody's covered. And two, it costs too much. So In the economic world, if something costs too much, you buy less of it. That's just supplying them. That's the way the market works. So we buy less of it.