> When you want the price of something to be lower, subsidising demand increases prices rather than lowering them.

Applying this to healthcare, does it hold? Socialised healthcare appears to be less expensive.

I might be missing your point though…

> Suppliers and owners will not simply accept lower prices, even if you really wish they did.

This isn’t always true. It probably devolves into a discussion on monopsony behaviour which become relevant at a certain point.