The moral hazard of health insurance, and the case for putting broccoli on the PBS…

b vs p

You do the math.

Under Australia’s universal health care system, it is far cheaper for individuals to be on a range of heart medications than it is for them to be on broccoli. The same is not true in the US, though for the fortunate 70% with insurance (soon to be much higher thanks to Obamacare), they face the same awkward health insurance-driven moral hazard.

I wonder whether there’s a business case for getting broccoli on the PBS?