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I wish people would stop saying COSTS when they mean SPENDING. There is a big difference.

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I wish people would stop saying COSTS when they mean SPENDING. There is a big difference.

There is a lot more to rising medical costs then public spending; although, that contributes to it as do unfunded programs, like those forcing medical facilities to provide for the indigent. Much of it has to do with a predatory litigating system, a fat and sloppy insurance business, and a bloated and monopolistic network of HMOs and hospital networks. The days when a patient could walk into a doctors office and deal one on one with a entrepreneur are over, and the prices are not coming down until that returns.