1. About two-thirds of funding for substance abuse treatment comes from taxpayers. Does substance abuse treatment have external benefits that warrant this level of public funding?
2. Few orthopedic surgeons publish data describing their surgical volumes, infection rates, mortality rates, functional gain rates, or customer satisfaction rates.
A. How much would a regulation requiring publication of such data cost?
B. Would such a regulation improve the workings of the market?
C. Would such a regulation be an appropriate government activity?
D. Do we need a regulation requiring publication of data for surgeons if private physician rating firms already exist?