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Just curious:
1.) What did we do to pay for health care prior to 1950? Were we much "healthier" as a nation then compared to now? Why do we need insurance companies to pay for us anyway? How did this all begin to twirl out of control? Was it during the "Great Society" years with Medicare introduction, or did it happen earlier than that? I think we need to know why costs have ballooned to really get at the root cause.
2.) Why has no one talked about price controls on doctors and hospitals? Is this taboo, or do they also have a large lobby like the pharmaceutial industry does?
3.) Frivolous lawsuits also account for much of the cost problem as well---well-meaning doctors try to protect themselves from us! We need to prevent a law suit at the drop of a hat from occurring, so that we don't have to spend unnecessarily for extra "care" we don't need, in order that the doctor feels protected. We have created too much "victim" mentality in the past 30 years and this is part of the cost of that, in my opinion. I enjoy the freedom to have a second opinion, just don't "over-doctor" me!

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