In Reply to: Our healthcare system is doomed posted by andyH on October 29, 2025 at 20:00:54
insurance companies. Yes, they will raise rates for profit but the main reason they raise rates is the out of control cost of everything in the medical industry--drugs, hospitals, medical equipment, medical providers--everyone is price gauging to make more profit. A surgical procedure that costs $50,000 in the US might cost $18 or 20,000 in other countries with better care. The same stool that might cost $150 for an office would likely cost $600 for a doctor's office. You know how badly we're raped on drug prices.
So, it's the entire industry that only has one goal--max profit. And the only way out of that is govt price control that likely will never happen. An industry probably making trillions will not allow itself to be crippled.