Posted on 08/27/2009 10:30:57 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
President Barack Obama says insurance companies make you pay too much for health care. He wants the government to "limit how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses."
Sounds great -- just make the insurance companies pay more, and then health care will become affordable. After all, that's what insurance is for, right?
No. When insurance companies pay the tab for everything -- down to flu shots and sprained ankles -- it makes health care more expensive for everyone. Why? Because when someone else pays for your health care, you aren't likely to ask, or even care, how much it costs.
When I blogged about how insurance makes health care costs explode, Mark Horn, a father of four from North Carolina, told me that insurance makes it impossible for him to shop around for the best prices.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Stossel is the last of the “investigative” type of reporter in the MSM.
Lots of ignorant comments after the article.
Yep, you can certainly tell it's an ABC site and not FOX.
Not to mention the costs shifted from Medicare and Medicaid.
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