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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 4158994" data-attributes="member: 18225">People wouldn’t be charged 4000% for a routine procedure?I get your question, but, the system we have now has been created by lobbyists and spineless politicians.There’s a layer of opacity that any single individual cannot overcome.People say, ‘let the market decide!’But healthcare in this country doesn’t act under market rules.It would be the equivalent of you needing tires for your car...if you’re lucky enough to have ‘tire insurance’, you just go to your assigned tire place and they charge you $10,000 per tire, but you don’t see that bill so you’re happy.If you don’t have ‘tire insurance’, and your poor, the government pays $40,000 for your tires.If you’re ‘middle income’ and don’t work for a job that supplies ‘tire insurance’, you’re stuck with a $36,000 bill.How is this rational?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 4158994, member: 18225"] People wouldn’t be charged 4000% for a routine procedure? I get your question, but, the system we have now has been created by lobbyists and spineless politicians. There’s a layer of opacity that any single individual cannot overcome. People say, ‘let the market decide!’ But healthcare in this country doesn’t act under market rules. It would be the equivalent of you needing tires for your car...if you’re lucky enough to have ‘tire insurance’, you just go to your assigned tire place and they charge you $10,000 per tire, but you don’t see that bill so you’re happy. If you don’t have ‘tire insurance’, and your poor, the government pays $40,000 for your tires. If you’re ‘middle income’ and don’t work for a job that supplies ‘tire insurance’, you’re stuck with a $36,000 bill. How is this rational? [/QUOTE]

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