Rod, I’m with you.
I compare it to a few years ago. You had all these people trumping up “health care crisis!” “40+ million uninsured Americans!” “health costs skyrocketing!”
Government’s plan is to expand the Medicare program to prescription drugs.
The only one I know of that has proposed something different is the now departed Hunter. He proposed opening up the state borders. A lot of these insurance companies are insulated by state borders from competition. The theory is that with more competition, prices will drop. That’s how you work within the laws of the free enterprise system to create more favorable results.
Now, personally, I think the problem is that demand is artifically high because of having someone else (either government or an insurance company) to pay for your health care and so people just go out and get whatever they want (nearly half of all Americans are on prescription drugs— is that really necessary??), thus driving demand too high. (Gasoline has a similar problem.)
The John Edwards types who sue doctors(or anyone associated who has a few bucks) and build huge mansions with the residues have created a we don't dare make a mistake or we are screwed, mentality with many doctors.
Here is S. Fla. many doctors are dropping out(the ones that are left) due to $100,000 mal practice insurance bills, but since the trial lawyers and others run the DNC you don't ever hear about it. After all it our jobs to just pay dramatic costs for aspirin and $20 doctor visits can now run $500 and keep our mouths shut or our carriers will cancel us,and don't dare have a claim either.
Of course is in S.fla. its much more equal opportunity, everyone here is crooked!!
The doctors (those that are licensed) co-opt with ambulance chasers to create fake accidents by the hundred bilking insurance companies out of millions and handing the bills to us.
The free enterprise system has bypassed the health care system courtesy of bad govt., little enforcement and a cradle to grave mentality by many. Not to mention illegals gaming the system for every last dime and than complaining there wasn't enough there to begin with as the last local ER close its doors forever!!,p> Uhhh.... sorry JM, guess you touched a nerve....