[MinuteGal]

I agree with your opinion about risks and malpractice, etc. Doctors have to cover their costs and profit, just as all business people have to do. I don't begrudge them a dime.

I think the point that I and others are making on this thread is a separate one. My own (conservative) doctor told me there's routinely two prices, one for those with good insurance, and others with poor or no insurance....and the prices are not even close to each other. This is one of the issues in the ongoing national health care debate.

Leni

[The Westerner]

Leni, it was a mess prior to Obamacare. But Obamacare was intentionally an unfathomable mess so that you and everyone will ask for single payer which sounds much simpler.

In other words, I hear your frustration. Sadly, I’ve known this would all occur since 1970’s. It’s been heartbreaking to watch, both as a patient and as one whose family works in medicine.