Large nonprofit hospitals are distorting the healthcare system by engaging in pricing that increases costs on taxpayers. Our nation needs to move toward a market-based, free-market system that has been the cornerstone of the U.S. economy. The reason Americans have such a high standard of living and have good healthcare is that the federal government has resisted political voices calling for a socialist system.

Healthcare is a massive expense for Americans. The health policy organization KFF, on February 24, reported that “the federal government spent $1.9 trillion on healthcare programs and services in fiscal year 2024, 27 percent of all federal outlays in that year, and collectively the largest category of federal spending.”

To put this into perspective, the federal government spent $6.

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