In a system of<unk> , prices for<unk>  goods and services are set<unk> ly by agreement between patients and<unk>  providers, and the laws and forces of supply and demand are<unk>  from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority. A<unk><unk>  contrasts with a controlled<unk> , in which government intervenes in supply and demand through non-market methods such as laws creating barriers to<unk>  entry or directly setting prices. Advocates of<unk>  contend that systems like single-payer<unk>  and publicly funded<unk>  result in higher costs, inefficiency, longer waiting times for care, denial of care to some, and overall mismanagement. Skeptics argue that<unk>  as an unregulated commodity invokes<unk>  failures not present with government regulation and that selling<unk>  as a commodity leads to both unfair and inefficient systems with poorer individuals being unable to afford preventive care.
Free-market healthcare
Self-funded health care
Publicly funded health care
NHS trust
Migrant Architects of the NHS
Community health trust
Transgender health care
Partner services