[Jim Noble]

Still, seems to me if you close hospitals, the result will be more private clinics

Don't worry, they will get around to making them illegal.

[LibertarianInExile]

Hell, everything else is already, why not private clinics? Good point.

[spintreebob]

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we start to regulate

When government screws up one part of the natural balance of supply and demand, then it must constantly re-adjust every other part of the process to prevent "unfair" competition.

Eventually we have a rube-goldberg monstrosity. At every step when government regulatin makes it worse, the demand is for more government regulation.