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    "title": "Price Controls Cause Doctor Shortage in Canada",
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    "created": "2011-08-23 23:02:40 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>I phoned all 84 doctors who were listed as practising within 10 kilometres of my home. Some of their receptionists were polite. Some were surly. All rejected me.</p>\n<p>...</p>\n<p>Then I found another Web-based service called HealthAware.ca. It allows you to search for doctors who are accepting patients. Skeptical, I gave it a try. Lo and behold, there was a doctor listed at a clinic called ExecHealth located right behind my office. Hallelujah!</p>\n<p>When I called I was directed to their marketing department. And yes, said the man on the other end of the line, they would be glad to take me as a patient. For $3,000 a year. I actually gave it some thought before declining the offer.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>File this under \"Health *insurance* is not the same thing as health *care*.\" Also file under \"unintended consequences\", \"perverse incentives,\" and \"price ceilings cause shortages.\"  Via <em><a href=\"http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/08/price_controls_2.html\">Price Controls Cause Doctor Shortage in Canada, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty</a></em>.</p>\n"
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