[ARCADIA]

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.

[mc6809e]

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.

You miss the point. Spending more for more medical care (like more tests, or MRIs, etc) isn't the same thing as spending more for the same medical care.

See the difference?