You think bigger is better, then let the gooberment handle it.
If you think smaller is the way to go, then go regional....
You can`t have it both ways !
klein
no where did i say bigger was better. what i said was that the insurance companies need to be able to sell their products nation wide, without restrictions. that creates competition, not giants like you suggest.
as for costs, why should you have insurance to pay for a 60 dollar office visit. pay it out of your own pocket.
this saves money in so many ways
1 the drs office would not have to have three people on staff just to handle the routine insurance claims
2 the insurance company would not have to be involved in handling nickle and dime claims
3 the price of the office visit would be lower, because of the costs being lower.
one last broadside for those of you thinking this is wonderful
i have a son that no longer is under my insurance. he needs a medication that my wife is also on. we pay a 10 dollar copay each time hers is refilled. his cost on the same meds, without insurance is $7.82. you think that we let insurance pay for that med, and pay an additional 10 bucks?
in dealing with the hospitals and insurance. you get an automatic 60% discount if you dont have insurance at most hospitals. more at some, maybe not so much at others. but 60% is the average.
why is that if insurance is the answer to all our woes.
you dont buy car insurance and expect them to pay for getting your oil changed, why buy health insurance and expect them to pay for your viagra when you cant afford to pay for it yourself, much less the kids you produce as well.
the pricing of medical care, and the "costs" that set us up for being the most costly system is a shell game. value, actual costs, vs what insurance companies pay and what the providers actually get.
if anything, our gooberment needs to pass a truth in charges bill so that there is one charge for services, not 15.
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