The only solution I can see is a Market Oriented Solution: ELIMINATE THE 3RD PARTY PAYERS. As long as “someone else” is paying, users demand “more of everything,”and providers raise costs without being scrutinized. The exact same situation exists with tuition for higher education.
I agree entirely with this. I also think that we need tort reform to bring down costs so that people don't need to be so dependent on insurance for their basic medical needs. Somehow we need to redraw the distinction between medical tragedy and cash-cow opportunity. Maybe limit the amount layers can collect personally for every agrieved individual they represent, you know, just to ensure they're doing it for noble reasons and not simply exploiting someone's suffering
You're no bimbo! This is exactly correct...
We already have socialized medicine in this country, and it is destroying all medicine with it. It's called Medicare. The government tries to fix 10,000 prices in 3000 counties across the United States. Doesn't work, never has, never will. Don't think doctors are getting a piece of these double digit increases in insurance premiums, either. Here in Montana, Blue Cross is raising cost of some products 10-15%, and did the same last year. Physicians overall saw no increase in their reimbursement either year, and for some physicians reimbursement has gone down every year for the last 8 years.