re: #327 iceweasel

I think it has to be complicated, because the task it’s undertaking is so huge. It’s overhauling the entire health care system. Frankly, the more details they’re thinking about the better, IMO.

Hi ice! I think the problem some of us have with the approach being taken in this legislation is that it is not, in fact, addressing the overhaul of the health CARE system. Rather, the focus is on the health INSURANCE system. Nowhere in this legislation is there an attempt to deal with tort reform, malpractice insurance costs - both of which lead to “defensive medicine”. If we end up with everyone “insured”, but no reform of the issues that are causing health care costs to continue to rise, we’re in danger of bankrupting ourselves.

A study done not long ago (I’ll try to find the link) discovered that the cost to cover “non-paying uninsured medical costs” (people who get treatment and take off without paying) is about 2.2 percent of the overall cost of heath care in this country. Is solving that problem (uninsured) worth $1.2 trillion?

I don’t know, but it’s worth thinking about.