Explain the features of a perfectly competitive market structure:

• How do firms in a perfectly competitive market determine price and profit-maximizing output levels? (Note: You will be building on your discussion post related to this question in the paper.Be sureto do more thanjust repeat what you stated in the discussion; instead, expand upon it based on feedback and dialogue and further research from our work this week.)
• According to Papanicolas, Woskie, and Jha (2018), the main drivers of the cost of healthcare in the U.S are "labor and goods, including pharmaceuticals and devices, and administrative costs" (Key Points section, para. 2). This (labor and goods as drivers of cost) occurs in higher education and in the arts as well. Imagine that you are the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a large medical facility, a higher education institution, or an arts organization (select one to frame your response). What cost-cutting measures would you propose to address the excessive cost of operating the facility while maintaining the quality of services?