Any other demands?
If people didn't abuse their health insurance the rates would come down.
If some employees spent more time on their job rather than on the internet maybe they would earn more compensation.
I'd like to add:
If the congress would pass the tort reform the Pres has been trying to get through for some time, junk lawsuits would go down, so then would (should) the cost of medical insurance, and some of the cost of healthcare. IMHO it could also be reduced if we the taxpayers weren't paying for so many illegals' helhcare (especially since they primarily use a high-cost ER instead of going to a clinic).
Did you have a reading problem? I never even intimated such a thing. I just said given all the changes in the economy (increase in mergers/acquisitions, increase in computerization, etc) many Americans have less job security than they did in the past. I make no value judgement about this. I just stated a fact that bears on why people rate the economy the way they do in various polls.
If people didn't abuse their health insurance the rates would come down.
Oh really. I think you will find that most of the cost is driven by increased technology and defensive medicine. Given the availabilities of MRIs, etc. there are few doctors that wont order an MRI to cover themselves in the remote chance that their original diagnosis based on less expensive consulatation and lab tests is not accurate. Perhaps some of it is caused by uninsured care. But to say it's the result of individual consumers going to the doctor too much because its free is ridiculous.
If some employees spent more time on their job rather than on the internet maybe they would earn more compensation.
Oh yeah, I'm sure the people who are the ones having a difficult time keeping up with inflation are the ones that have a nice little office equipped with PC and internet connection. What kind of crazy world do you live in? It's not the real one.