To begin to fix health care start by fixing this nonsensical rule
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Across the United States, out-of-control health care costs continue to plague Americans. About half of our fellow citizens report difficulty affording medical care and the persistently high costs disproportionally impact the poor, uninsured adults, and Black and Hispanic communities. And continued high inflation just compounds the problem, leading to even worse health outcomes.
There is no single, simple solution to fix health care, but we can make progress to the benefit of all Americans. Lifting the ban on physician-owned hospitals is an easy starting point.
Tucked away in the massive Affordable Care Act – commonly known as ObamaCare — was the small, seemingly insignificant provision that banned physicians from building or owning hospitals. The same provision also prohibited physicians who already owned hospitals before 2010 to expand. So, while lawyers can own law firms, plumbers can own plumbing companies, chefs can own restaurants, and so on, doctors can no longer own their own hospitals. Doesn’t make sense, does it?
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But it’s not just the lack of common sense baked into the regulation that is the issue. The real problem is that the restriction on physician-owned hospitals
