[roamer_1]

Medical facilities should be run as private businesses, and charity care can be provided at the hospital's discretion however it sees fit.

I would differ with you. Business is notably hard hearted when it comes to the bottom line. Your solution would simply deny care to millions who cannot afford it, while profits would continue to rise (because they can).

What I would propose is to allow (in fact encourage)churches to get back into the health care business as it was prior to the '70s when they were taxed out of the game. That is the nexus point for the astronomical cost increases in both insurance and health.

[ari-freedom]

non profit hospitals...don’t they get tax breaks?

[Alberta's Child]

Nothing wrong with your plan. Keep in mind, however, that when churches were in the health care business it was pretty much accepted that almost anything mroe serious than a broken bone was likely to be fatal.

We can't have it both ways . . . if we want to have top-quality health care, we're going to have to pay for it. If we want inexpensive health care, we're going to have to lower our expectations.