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I want to live in the America where health care was inexpensive and easily accessible, where health insurance was easy to obtain and cheap, where there were charity hospitals and free clinics, where hospital stays were inexpensive — the America that existed before the politicians imposed Medicare, Medicaid, the HMO Act, and their yearly "improvements" on us.

I'd like that too. But the question of why health care is so expensive may not be so easy to answer. Surely technology, malpractice suits, and the costs of ever more expensive operations have much to do with the high price of health care.

[Freedom4US]

Spiraling health care costs track very closely with the advent of Medicare. In short, doctors bill the government, not the patient. In even shorter order, they figured out they could charge outrageous prices for simple procedures. Patients didn't complain at first, since the 'government' was paying for it. The rest is history. Surely bogus malpractice suits have contributed as well, premiums for insurance are extremely high. Who do you think ultimately pays the premiums? Not the doctors.