Originally Posted By: Replacement
They are almost all crooked morons. I'll give Obama credit for trying.....

....include factors such as tort reform, border control, state insurance restrictions and regulation, allowable scope of services for medical and dental professionals, the federal and state tax codes, the orientation of the NLRB, and the list goes on. We need an integrated approach to solving this problem and the legislators seem incapable of thinking rationally....


Most if not all of the 'factors' can be fixed for free through legislation not taxation. I do not blindly subscribe that it's broken. We have the best healthcare in the world. If given a stack of stats on how great things are somewhere else, I know where I'd prefer to get sick or more importantly where I'd want my wife to get medical attention.

There's an underlying implication that we need more money, and a panel of smart folks who decide how to spend it. 'Allowable scope of services', are you sure if that's legislated, things would be better.