[NativeSon]

- We needed health reform,

Why?, what exactly is wrong with our "health care" ? just curious

[brownsfan]

“Why?, what exactly is wrong with our “health care” ? just curious”

For me, nothing.

Cost especially and access secondarily. Remember many moderates buy into the healthcare as a right meme.

[anoldafvet]

"Why?, what exactly is wrong with our "health care" ? just curious"

One word: LAWYERS

[firebrand]

All we had to do was subsidize the emergency rooms, which were bankrupting the hospitals and getting closed.

But nobody asked me.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I don’t subscribe to the ‘moderate’ view of anything, but if you’re asking what’s wrong with our health care system, the answer is: a lot. A HUGE lot. Mostly not in the care itself, but rather in how that care is paid for and billed. Obamacare didn’t do a damn thing about any of these systemic problems. All it did was force people to participate in the train wreck.

This is a very good analysis:

http://www.quora.com/Medicine-and-Healthcare/What-are-the-ways-to-contain-medical-costs-in-the-US-without-a-single-payer-system

(It says you need to sign up to read it, but you can click ‘close and read the answer’ instead.)

It is criminal that Republicans aren’t talking about solutions to these problems.