Of Course We Need Profit-Driven Healthcare...The Problem Is Government-Protected Profits

By Chris Rossini

Politics and government are the prime residence of demagoguery and hyperbole. 

The latest episode of demagoguery consists of the argument that the problem with the medical industry is that it is "profit-driven." Such statements should be immediately understood as being absurd, but for many, who have been shielded from understanding what profits actually are, they're not.

What are we supposed to have?

A "loss-driven" medical industry?

That sounds right up the government's alley, do...