The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the degree to which America's health care system is overregulated.
The health care system is addled by cronyism and regulatory capture, perpetuated by a public and private bureaucracy invested in the status quo.
A recent study found that during the pandemic, more than 40 percent of patients delayed or avoided medical procedures and appointments out of fear of contracting COVID-19, further exposing how accessibility to care strains the American health care system.
Telehealth services, long advocated by American health care system observers, became an option almost overnight.
The number of hospital beds, personal protective equipment, and health care facilities were limited during the pandemic because of these intrusive laws.
During this unprecedented time, policymakers and health care professionals used the COVID-19 pandemic as reason to review and reassess the utility of our overburdened and regulated health care system.
The silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is the exposure of the flaws in our health care system, providing the opportunity for improvement.
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Friday, August 20, 2021
COVID-19 Exposed America's Overregulated Health Care System
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