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And three, the "health care" system is run by money-hungry dbags.[/quote]

Oh yeah, real dbags: "Hospitals provided $46 billion in uncompensated care in 2012, or 6.1% of their total expenses, according to the American Hospital Association."

People want on-demand healthcare, platinum standard, any time, anywhere, and they wonder why expenses are going through the roof. Guess what? In countries where healthcare costs less: 
- An epidural isn't even an option for most women
- Patients are triaged on urgency far more than in the US and that MRI might take you 6 months to get
- Not all options are available to all patients
- Doctor pay is generally more limited
- Medical costs are underwritten by thtaxes

I'm not saying our system is better. I actually think some rationing of healthcare and data-based decisions about who gets what care is warranted. But I'm hesitant to call those who are making healthcare available on-demand, how I want it when I want it where I want it, dbags. It's a lot more complex than that. [/quote]

Are you saying that because I refuse to pay an amount that is at best uncertain, and in this case $1k over what I should pay, up front before my medical procedure is done and before my insurance company has processed things, I am demanding platinum standard care and am personally responsible for our health care costs being sky high? All the Inova hospitals do a lousy job of billing and the errors I have experienced have NEVER ONCE been in my favor. I have been overcharged by their errors so many times, I can pretty much assume it every time I have to visit the hospital.

Dear lord are you one of those people that hates the fact that low income women can get epidurals? And what the hell does rationing of healthcare about who gets what care mean?  I don't know what you mean by on-demand health care, as I can't do anything unless my doctor decides I need it and my insurance decides to cover it.  What most people I know get re health care certainly isn't what I would call platinum standard.

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