It amazes me how in the world we got sucked into INSURANCE and not HEALTHCARE. Those who brought this INSURANCE into existence, and then voted it in for us, are the best INSURANCE SALESMEN in the world and we all know how much we like INSURANCE SALESMEN. No wonder we like Congress so much. Hello, I’m from the government and I’m here to help you . . .
"Health care" in this country has almost nothing do with health care ... and it has everything to do with insurance. Almost every problem anyone has ever identified with "health care" in the U.S. is directly tied to a third-party payment system that completely distorts the economics of health care.
I had a conversation last week with a business owner who runs an auto body shop, and he had the exact same complaints about getting paid for his work that you often hear from doctors ... because he's dealing almost entirely with insurance companies, not real customers.