Rationing health care without prices Every health care system faces two fundamental questions: how much health care should be produced? ▣who should get it? Private markets use prices to answer these questions Scarce resources go to those willing and able to pay the most for them (price rationing) With price rationing,poor are disadvantaged Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomics Bhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Rationing health care without prices  Every health care system faces two fundamental questions:  how much health care should be produced?  who should get it?  Private markets use prices to answer these questions  Scarce resources go to those willing and able to pay the most for them (price rationing)  With price rationing, poor are disadvantaged