[OldMissileer]

Government intervention in health care is the main reason for the dramatic increases in the cost of medical care.

I know there have been many breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and procedures but it still would not be as expensive if Government had stayed out of the equation.

[CitizenUSA]

There are all sorts of technology breakthroughs in other fields, like computers, and the price per performance ratio keeps dropping...drastically. You'd think modern medical equipment and pharmaceutical production would put downward pressure on prices, because doctors should be able to more accurately troubleshoot and target what ails you. Of course, the computer industry is very highly competitive and not nearly so litigious as medical care, and the government does not subsidize computer purchases. People don't generally demand that their computer purchases be paid for by other people...yet.