BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STUPID!!!!! They are too dense to care because "insurance will pay it". Every insurance will pay for something the cost of the service/item will increase substantially. How many people will insurance that will pay for medication will still shop around for the lowest price? (This is something I did even when insurance paid the cost).
It used to be that people could afford dental care, until the insurance companies got into it, and now the cost for dental care is prohibitive.
Just look at the cost of veterinarians now. We have one in town that has "insurance" and their prices are over twice what the neighborhood vet charges for the same services.
There are millions of people in the US who are too stupid to actually look at what has been going on in the healthcare industry. We are being ripped off, but because the "republicans" support their schemes, the people don't question.
You were making so much sense then you blamed Republicans...
This must have a political element but I'm thinking there must be plenty of blame to go around...
I suppose you may be right, but I was thinking of those who are consistently protecting the corporations that clearly and blatantly are ripping off the public. How they can stand there and say that there is nothing wrong with the prices that people are paying or with the quality of care that they receive for the high prices we are paying, is just appalling. And that they have people who blindly go along with this without question, is extremely frustrating.
How is it that so many people in the US do not question the fact that we pay a tremendous amount more for healthcare than any other country in the world? Until they will admit that the country is failing in this regard, it will never improve.
Has anyone ever given any thought to where this country would be without the corporations?