> Sure, I agree completely, but at least nominally the argument that healthcare is unique because its a necessity and it has irrational behaving actors is not qualitatively different than the food market.
“Necessity” wasn't part of the argument, and the argument wasn't really of a qualitative difference so much as them being different degrees of the same issues (food is considerably regulated—even by the same agency involved in much healthcare regulation in the US—for many of the same reasons, though the degree of deviation from ideal market conditions is lesser than for healthcare.)
“Necessity” wasn't part of the argument, and the argument wasn't really of a qualitative difference so much as them being different degrees of the same issues (food is considerably regulated—even by the same agency involved in much healthcare regulation in the US—for many of the same reasons, though the degree of deviation from ideal market conditions is lesser than for healthcare.)