I disagree with CNN but I disagree strongly with Limbaugh and other conservatives who pooh pooh medical costs and expect people to pay the outragoulsy inflated medical costs out of pocket.
It is easy for a multibillionaire to say pay for it, when in my state people lose homes and assets regularly to hosptials and medical collection agencies. These are not people who want to shirk paying reasonable costs but since there is no competition the prices are outrageous. No CAT scan should cost more than 100 dollars for example and a well run OR suite should never cost more than 200 per hour.
Easy to laugh about paying hosptia bills Rush, but you haven’t watched friends lose everything, businesses, homes and othter assets
When did Rush ever say that?
In a healthy healthcare system, people would pay routine medical costs out of pocket, and, because of a functioning free market, those costs would be reasonable. Insurance would only kick in for extraordinary costs — e.g., you develop cancer or you need an expensive drug to control a chronic condition or you get in an accident or something.
Of course, Rush is rich enough to self-insure. But some sort of high-deductible protection is best for the rest of us, so we don't overpay premiums and don't go bankrupt if we do get sick. It should be fully portable and renewable. Prices for treatments should be fully transparent. You should be able to shop for coverage across state lines, state insurance commissioners be damned.