[LinnKeyes2000]

three words : Medical Savings Accounts
Wouldn't MSAs allow all of us take the power back
into our own hands and tell the insurance types to
stick it?

[MassRepublican]

That would make it a whole lot more simple. The regs are so complicated and burdensome. They are going to cost A LOT of money to put into practice - money that many small community hospitals just don't have. We are moving to a point where so many hosptials will close that you won't be able to get care - with or without privacy. These regs were aimed at insurance companies, but the burden in on the hospitals. Primer on HIPAA