"Suppose the best medicine available in the U.S. could cure a man in three days, while some other mainland-produced medicine would take four days, " he says.
Dr Draghi appears to have recognised that moral hazard works both ways: there ought to be some reward for governments like Italy who agree to take their fiscal medicine.
Some DPC providers such as WhiteGlove Health and Organic Medicine Now take it a step further and make house calls that harken back to the days of your family doctor stopping by your house just a few decades ago.
Some Indian analysts have also suggested that the United States take a dose of its own medicine in accepting international observers in future elections.