If you think US Healthcare is anything other than an embarrassment, you're delusional

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Originally Posted by radditsu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why don't you just charge the 150 bucks for everyone? Why do insurance companies get to bargain, and some poor schlub who breaks his arm is fucked for the foreseeable future because A) his arm is broke, and B) no way to pay for it, so it will go to collections fucking up his credit so he can't get a bank loan for a house or a car or an idea to make him more financially stable?

I am almost sure that is how we get astronomical health care cost projections. It smells like a shitty insurance company/economist number game bullshit. I hate how actual facts are always skewed by SOMEONE playing a game on each side of the fence.

Most people don't know this but an uninsured patient can sometimes negotiate their bills to the hospital(s) they owe. This is no consolation to the terrible inflation that is involved with these gigantic CORPORATIONS that are our medical industry.

The truth is - there is no free market capitalism among those who select the pricing for medical fees. If you go to the obamacare website, you can easily see that only a select few companies were chosen to be the big winners of all this. It should also be noted that democrats and republicans alike will never resolve this. There are a few exceptions but the vast majority of our congressmen are just riding out the fucking gravy train and going in the direction of money and wind.