The biggest single component of rising health costs is the one the dems are positively on the wrong side of, i.e. out-of-control lawyering.
I saw the column in the print edition. One thing Jenkins brings up is a new mandated benefit in (I think) Connecticut for $350 for wigs for chemotherapy patients. I've thought for a long time that eliminating mandated benefits altogether would be a good start.
It is a screwed up system when you can't even pay for health care services at point of service in a lab or Emergency Department.
I heard Kerry say that part of his healthcare program would be to make the congressional healthcare package available to all Americans. Has anyone heard what that would cost? My wife & I just reduced our coverage, because the Blue Cross group plan that we had converted just rose to $947.00 per month excluding dental & optical. Just making the congressional insurance available does not make it affordable.