[Night Hides Not]

The GOP needs to be cured of "Do something itus". Obviously we need to repeal Obamacare but that doesn't mean we need to do something. The only thing that really needs to be done is to free the health care and health insurance industries to do what they do best.

Agreed cc. Have we not reached the point where it makes more sense economically to re-allocate money from health insurance to health care? Obamacare is a great example IMO: it's more focused on health insurance than health care, with a new bureaucracy to boot.

[cripplecreek]

I know medical care was far less expensive before the days of widespread health insurance. When I was born in 1964 the cost of my birth and hospital stay was less than 2 weeks pay for my dad on a garbageman’s salary (right around $85)

On the other hand, insurance was cheaper for those who had it.

I would throw the insurance industry wide open to competition. People should be able to pay for their precise insurance needs. For instance my teeth and general health are good so I shouldn’t have to pay to insure for those things right now. On the other hand my eyes are going to crap and I have some pretty severe joint issues. While I can’t afford to pay for the whole package, I can afford to insure for my immediate needs.