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Originally Posted by rahl
Very true, but when people who don't know the industry on either side(medical,or insurance) and they try to tell me whats wrong or that they know better than me what would be a better system, I just don't get it. I only responded to this discussion to try to give my viewpoints and experiences from an insurance point of view and I get bashed and told others know more on the subject because they read about it somewhere.
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From a health care consumer standpoint it is valid to point out that there is little or no competition which may be one of the causes of out of control costs. It seems that the government will have to step in and try to control costs somehow if the so called free market does not.
In my small circle of friends and family, no one shops for health care provider pricing, most seem to only be concerned with the co-pay required from their employer subsidized insurance plans. Those few like myself who try to shop pricing soon learn that it is very difficult. For whatever reason this seems to be an industry that does not lend itself to competition and probably must be controlled.