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We have discussed healthcare and medical insurance several times in these forums so I won't go into it in great detail. Basically the healthcare industry, doctors, hospitals, dentists, drug companies, insurance companies, etc..seem to be out of control. There is essentially no competition and the only cost controls are sometimes determined by the insurance companies as far as I can tell.

Costs will continue to rise greater than our ability to pay them, both healthcare and insurance, especially with an increasing number of companies reducing medical insurance benefits. IMHO the system will continue to spiral downward and eventually we will demand that our polititians nationalize healthcare. The healthcare industry doesn't seem to be able to operate in a competitive manner and will eventually have to be provided by the government much like national defense.

I watched my father hassle with the medical/insurance paperwork nightmare when my mother died from a lengthy illness. I don't think he ever got it figured out then and it is probably much worse now.