The regime is going after doctors. This is going to end well:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/Mises-Ec ... on-doctors
Not accepting Gov't pricing is price fixing
There are two possible outcomes of this:
Government sets prices too high and more producers enter the market and some consumers leave.
Or government sets prices too low and some producers leave the market and some consumers enter the market who would otherwise be priced out.
The net result of government efforts is supply/demand imbalances.
There is a third possible outcome: government gets the prices just right and continually adjusts them according to local and general market conditions. What are the odds of that?
Government sets prices too high and more producers enter the market and some consumers leave.
Or government sets prices too low and some producers leave the market and some consumers enter the market who would otherwise be priced out.
The net result of government efforts is supply/demand imbalances.
There is a third possible outcome: government gets the prices just right and continually adjusts them according to local and general market conditions. What are the odds of that?
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.