Re: Health Care
Ah, but it amazes me what doctors will do to avoid malpractice lawsuits - I still think it plays a big factor. It makes doctors more expensive. & our litigous society has completely changed the way medicine is practice.
BUT I do appreciate your input Steve and Zetta. I think the healthcare crisis is often over-simplified - as with anything many complicated factors at play. & I truly believe frivolous lawsuits play a big factor, even if it is more indirectly. But there is certainly a whole lot more to rising healthcare costs.
I totally hear you on overuse of medical practices on the insured. I can see in prenatal care and pregnancy/delivery it is very apparent after going through that and talking to communities of women online - the care for the high-cost insurance was way too overkill (& the norm). On the flipside, government insurance (US military or Canada) was often sloppy and hard to find care. There has got to be some middle ground.
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