“The state is trying to shut down a New York City doctor’s ambitious plan to treat uninsured patients for around $1,000 a year.
Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs.
‘I’m trying to help uninsured people here,’ he said.
His patients agree to pay $79 a month for a year in return for unlimited office visits with a $10 co-pay.
But his plan landed him in the crosshairs of the state Insurance Department, which ordered him to drop his fixed-rate plan – which it claims is equivalent to an insurance policy.” (Read more from crownheights.info)
As is usually the case government regulation = eliminating competition for big business. Let it not be said that the problems in our healthcare system are the result of free markets. We have not had free markets for a very long time.