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I think hospital costs are complex and there are lots of reasons including lawsuits that have contributed to their extraordinary charges, but I think a big part of it is the invisibility of employer-paid group plans.... A good idea and nice perk that employers started offering, but it has made the cost of insurance and medicine invisible. Most don't know how much their insurance costs, and they pay very little attention to charges they don't have to pay.

I think the same thing is true for taxes. If we eliminated withholding and had to write checks to the government instead of just collecting checks for refunds, the big-spending politicians would be out of office in a year.

Thanks guys. I am feeling a bit better. I just got done talking to PE on the phone. He calls me to let me know when he leaves work everyday (so I can know when to start dinner so as to not burn it, LOL). He was able to get me settled down enough to quit cursing and crying. I am still irked beyond words, but I am better now that I can think rationally.

I pay alot of money monthly on health insurance because I am on COBRA. Being unemployed has really taken its toll. I cannot wait until this baby is born! I am going to change insurance companies faster than I can change that first diaper. There is nothing that will convince me to go back to this company, except for possibly not having a choice in the matter. AND, I will probably not go back to this OB doc for any future kiddos.

Psst... PE, No more babies until I am employed! (as if you were going to argue, heh)