Impeding changes to our Health Care system

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Then why support a bill that will not control the costs that insurance can charge in the form of co-pays and higher deductables? There are very few cost controls. Why support a bill that shifts more costs to taxpayers? Why support a bill that puts few controls on big Pharm for years?

Hear, hear! This is something no one wants to talk about. The real reason no one was interested in cost-controls for Pharma? They've bought enough congress people to keep that from happening.

And with all the fear-mongering about 'death panels' and 'cost benefit analysis' there will never be a way to convince the American public of any sort of rationality in this respect.

Preventative medicine. Vaccinations. Screening. Smoking cessation. Nutrition and weight management. Birth control. Generic, old-fashioned medications (like statins, aspirin, beta-blockers, ace inhibitors) to control the lion's share of age-related cardiac issues. This is where the money should be spent.