TY - JOUR AU - Gilbert Berdine PY - 2018/10/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Charity vs. government health care JF - The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles JA - The Chronicles VL - 6 IS - 26 SE - Medicine and Health Policy DO - 10.12746/swrccc.v6i26.506 UR - https://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/506 AB - Part 3 of this series on sustainable health care discusses charity as a market phenomenon. Charity is explained as a result of the Law of Marginal Utility and the limitation of scare resources. Charity is contrasted with government health care or public health care. Charity and government health care are driven by different incentives. Charities compete for limited donations leading to improved relief of suffering at lower cost over time. Government health care acts like all monopolies and delivers a declining quality of output at ever increasing cost. ER -