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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe a public plan for catastrophic health care. Stroke, heart attack, cancer, etc.

Everything else you pay out of pocket.[/quote]

There are a lot of conditions, too, that don't require frequent expensive visits to the doctor and medication that only addresses symptoms but doesn't cure anything. Some doctors will happily book and bill for multiple follow up appointments that accomplish little.[/quote]

Why are visits to the doctor expensive to begin with?

Large malpractice payouts and insurance malpractice insurance, health insurance "networks" which are anti-competitive (AKA tying agreements), artifical limits by the AMA on the number practicing in different medical fields, more doctors becoming pharmaceutical reps to push medicines rather than returning to diagnosis and pushing for the patient to be involved in their own health, and millions of people not paying for services which breaks down the link between market feedback and patient responsibility since the payer is a third party.

You don't even see the doctor's face anymore. You see the back of their head as you talk and they type into a screen. [/quote]

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