@mott-the-hoople said
“Government has driven healthcare costs through the roof through over-regulation. It has also driving housing prices through the roof by preventing low-cost housing being built where retirees could go. ”
give some examples
Oooof. I have things to do today..
Quickly: housing is restricted by zoning and permits - lower supply, higher prices. Demand is driven up with loans: VA loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, etc. - higher demand, higher prices. Higher house prices means higher property tax - yay! Giving into NIMBY's who don't like apartments and granny flats and duplexes being built near them - more votes, yay!
Medicine: Licensing. OK, first, you can't even TALK about medicine. If you do, it is "practicing medicine". No one can do that unless gummint says its ok. Next, "Certificates of need." Gummint says where you can open a clinic and what it can do. If gummint says "we don't need that," then you can't. Restricts competition.
Second are prescription drugs. You can't just buy them, and you can't just buy them from who has them. The drug industry is heavily protected from competition by gummint - so they can charge what they want.
Third, technology should be driving the cost of healthcare down to almost nothing - but gummint won't let it. I should be able to get on my laptop with a perfectly competent Indian physician, drop my trousers and say, "does that look right?" And then go buy a drug to feel better. Gummint says 'No.'
Just the tip of the iceberg.