[Dr. Free Market]

I hate to say I told you so, but...

This is the future of the U.S. health care system.

[mvpel]

This article doesn't seem to be readable without a $4.95 subscription. Is this newspaper group on the excerpt-only list?

[dirtboy]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that health-care costs rose 7.5 percent in 2004 ... BLS also reports that employers’ costs for health insurance per employee per hour worked ... from March 2004 to December 2004, it rose only 3 percent.

So, in simplistic terms, employers passed more of the cost increase on to employees.

[Nyboe]

If companies would fire the homo's and drug users and expell them from their insurance programs, the cost of health care would drop in half over night.

[bandleader]

I heard that Costco is getting into the healthcare biz.Market Forces at Work!!Works EVERY time it's tried!!!!!!!!!!