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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Growing Health Expenditures: Key Factors<br />

3. Regulatory Distortions<br />

Supply of healthcare: malpractice law<br />

Fear of lawsuits → excess supply of healthcare by physicians<br />

Supply of physicians<br />

Restrictions on number of physicians through medical school<br />

seats/licensing<br />

American Medical Association acts like a union<br />

Lower supply of physicians → higher wages and higher input costs<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 173 / 207

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