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Originally Posted by HappyCamperKitteh
You guys can bash me all you want, but I'm all for the bill. Unlike my father in law, millions of people be able to obtain heart bypass surgery for a somewhat reasonable cost (if there is any at all).
And the bill has already mentioned that it would be illegal for any insurance company to jack up premiums due to the bill. If you're satisfied, you can stay.
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Not cost. Price. That's the devil in the details. The Government does not have the ability to control cost. It can only impose controls on price. There is a huge difference. What an item or a service costs is dictated by the market and by supply and demand. There are costs associated with bringing any product or service to market. That cost is reflected in the price. When the government attempts to control price it often causes a market shortage. In this case, healthcare. If the price that the healthcare industry is allowed to charge for some procedure is less than what it costs to bring it to market, then you won't be able to find that medical service anywhere. Like your father in law, if it costs $100,000 to perform that bypass, but the government says that the hospital can only charge $80,000 for it, then he is going to die. Bottom line. Be very careful when you allow the government to "give" you anything, because they have to take it away from someone else first.