WHY! I keep hearing and reading this but don't believe it. Government sticking it's nose in is where the problem originates. It's the government that forbids insurance companies from working across state lines preventing competition. It is government rules that prevent tort reform. It's government that insists on cradle to grave entitlements. Get government out of the way.
We (or at least I) don't want a Republican alternative to Obamacare. I want government to get its nose out of the peoples business.
I agree with you heartily, but as long as we have people showing up at Emergency rooms with no insurance and sometimes no green card looking for a freebie , our costs are going to skyrocket.
The easiest way for us to lower health care costs is to send 20 to 30 million people back to their home country.