The American health care system is not like a normal market. When you make most health care decisions, you don’t get much information on comparative cost and quality; the personal bill you get is only vaguely related to the services; the expense is often determined by how many procedures are done, not whether the problem is fixed. Republicans are going to try to introduce more normal market incentives into the process. They will likely rely on refundable tax credits and health savings accounts to ensure that everybody can afford to shop for their own insurance and care.
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