As long as private enterprises are allowed to solely determine the customer cost of health care, this type of greed will continue to drive this country's health care problem:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...storyID=767014
Forget about fully nationalizing the health care system... does anyone *really* want that? I don't even know of many people calling for that. What people want are controls over this type of situation. Luckily the AG of NY was able to put together a case, but this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There's a fundamental conflict of interest associated with private industry determining the cost of medical care. There's nothing wrong with a cost database... but when the values in that cost database determine the profitability of the privately-run health care system, the privately-run health care system shouldn't be allowed to populate that cost database. This should be handled by an independent, unaffiliated third party. It should be handled by an entity without any chips on the table.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...storyID=767014
Forget about fully nationalizing the health care system... does anyone *really* want that? I don't even know of many people calling for that. What people want are controls over this type of situation. Luckily the AG of NY was able to put together a case, but this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There's a fundamental conflict of interest associated with private industry determining the cost of medical care. There's nothing wrong with a cost database... but when the values in that cost database determine the profitability of the privately-run health care system, the privately-run health care system shouldn't be allowed to populate that cost database. This should be handled by an independent, unaffiliated third party. It should be handled by an entity without any chips on the table.
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