because Medicare, Medicaid, and the govt pension system....school districts, state, city, county, and federal.....are so generous and require little of self-control, our total health bill in this country has gone thru the roof.....
why would health care companies, hosptials, drug companies, doctors, etc hold the line when the know the govt is a virtual bottomless pit ......
When a commodity is free, the demand is infinite.
Once you give the govenment the power over your healthcare, they WILL dictate activities and lifestyle choices that they see as harmful.
Welcome to the machine...