Editor’s Note: John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) posted an interesting blog recently, looking at how online bid-for-surgery companies are leveling the playing field for both patients and hospitals, particularly in the United States. As Goodman notes: “The implications of all this are staggering. The United States is supposed to have the most expensive medical care found anywhere. Yet many U.S. hospitals are able to offer traveling patients package prices that are competitive with the prices charged by top-rated medical tourist facilities in such places as India, Thailand, and Singapore. All of this illustrates something many of my readers already know. Markets in medical care can work and work well – provided government gets out of the way.” To read the entire blog click here.