The Globe and Mail | For-profit care more costly: study

"'With for-profit care, you end up paying with your money and your life,' said P. J. Devereaux, a researcher in the department of clinical biostatistics and epidemiology at Hamilton's McMaster University.
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Over all, it found that hospital care costs 19 per cent more in for-profit hospitals than in not-for-profit ones.
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Dr. Devereaux said earlier research conducted by his team demonstrates clearly that for-profit hospitals do not provide better care. An analysis of 38 million patient records in the U.S. showed that those treated in for-profit hospitals had a mortality rate that was 8 per cent higher than those treated in not-for-profit hospitals.
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So to sum it up: for-profit hospitals are more expensive and have a higher mortality. So where is the miracle of free enterprise? Some things, like health care, should not be market-driven.