Originally posted by DR1665
Actually, um, the reason healthcare is so expensive is because: a) The courts have consistently awarded idiots well above and beyond reasonable damages in the case of malpractice, leading to malpractice insurance for doctors which carries with it exorbitant monthly premiums. b) The millions of illegal aliens in the country who have neither coverage, nor rights to coverage, simply make up names and insurance information to get medical care, then disappear in the night, stiffing the hospital with the bill. c) Since hospitals are actually UNDERpaid for services by both insurance and Medicare/Medicaid, they have to charge the insurance carriers MORE (see: $20 bandaid) in order to keep their doors open. d) The pharmaceutical lobby has been successful in preventing Americans from getting their drugs from Canada, Mexico, or anywhere else they are being sold for 80% less than we pay for them here. Your argument of the single mom is baseless. The issue there is the deadbeat dad who isn't paying child support. If the father was paying child support, the mother could afford day care and work a full time job. When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can ALWAYS count on the support of PAUL. This "reform" is bullshit, it's wrong, and those who are supporting it need to wake the fuck up and think about it. Cry me a river.