When you look at the costs between US and European healthcare, the difference isn't in gov't regulation. In the US each private healthcare company creates it's on medical billing codes and private health providers each need to employ specialists to decipher the codes of each insurer. In europe, governments generally regulate costs (and indirectly provide unified medical billing codes), and a variety of public/private entities all use the same codes...
The "amount" of regulation is mostly a red herring. One needs the right regulation.
The "amount" of regulation is mostly a red herring. One needs the right regulation.