"Tim Daneliuk" wrote in message ...

And the perfect solution for this is .... letting the *government*
run it, right?

Did I say that? No? Well then.

In other wealthy nations the govt. has a significant role, sometimes just
setting the rules, in other cases serving as the single payer while doctors
and hospitals remain independent, sometimes actually operating health care
right down to the doctor's office. A mixed public/private system seems to
work well in many places. The Swiss system is interesting, buying insurance
is compulsory but the insurance companies have to provide basic coverage on
a non-profit basis (and they cannot turn away anyone), they make their
profits on supplemental coverage.

In any case the current U.S. system is untenable, with costs spiraling out
of sight and an increasing percentage of the population without coverage. A
bloated, top-heavy insurance industry that sucks money out of health care
and has a tendency to put its own profits ahead of patient care would seem
to be a big part of the problem, got any ideas on what might be done about
that?