Table 1: Comparative performance of suppliers of rationing.

Supplier Strength Weakness
Public administration Is able to enforce a limit on public healthcare expenditure Must promulgate detailed norms that undermine efficiency
Health insurers in collusion (cartel) Can implement flexibility through their consumer accommodation policy Can enforce a limit on healthcare expenditure only in cooperation with healthcare providers
Service providers Are able to implement detailed norms and assure redistribution Must be compensated with income or power for the non-provision of medical services