Since when should we pity those ******* "health care professionals" that have ripped us off so solidly over the past five decades? Screw 'em. The whole health care scam needs to be upended, and good for Obama for getting the ball rolling.
Only a right winger would defend those SOB's.
Absurd comment. You have no clue.
But for the meddling of the fedeeral government years ago, none of this would have happened.
The federal government created all of the rules and mandates that medical professionals and insurance companies must abide.
Once again proving that government ignores the laws of unintended consequences.
Most mandates and regulations were of course unfunded.
The ACA is a political "me too"...It's only going to make things much worse. The fallout is already being felt.
I remember when I was in high school, I had to get a physical exam to get my working papers. The exam cost $20...That was in the mid 70's. No insurance. Pay as you go.
When I was in my early 20's, my employer health insurance cost $5 per week...My deductible was just $250 per year. No co-pay..Co pays had not been invented yet.
If there is a more insidious example fo government meddling making medical care far more expensive, it is this.....An elderly couple went to the hospital. The husband was having chest pains. The hospital staff took him into a treatment room. They got the man stabilized and prescribed medication. No biggie...The admitting nurse handed the woman a bill for $190...This was 1990....The woman told the nurse that she and her husband were on medicare..The nurse told them the hospital would send them the bill.
Three weeks later the couple received a bill for over $600..Of which the couple had to pay $200.... The $200 went to the Hospital....The rest was written off. Medicare billed the couple $600+. The reimbursement minus the charge to the insured netted the hospital nothing from medicare and the government paid out the full amount in accounting fees.
This is our federal government in its infinite wisdom.
