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To: KLP who wrote (406093)	1/23/2011 10:55:05 AM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) of 794389

After a lot of reading and pondering the whole thing, I always end up conflicted on this topic as to what could or should be done re costs. It seems to me that the root of the problem is that the typical competitive forces at work in our economy to drive down costs don't easily come into play with healthcare costs. The prices are set for us. Short of govt. regulation/intervention prices are free to go to whatever level the public will bear. Docs, dentists, hospitals don't have to compete for our business. There aren't enough of them. I can't shop for my doc on Amazon. I can't negotiate with him about the price of my surgery. (Yikes...would I even want to.) Pretty much all I can do to try and control my medical expenses is to use less of the products and services. Ae insurance companies allowed to sell to ANYONE in ANY State? Basically yes. Blue Cross, for ex., can sell in every state and does. What it has to do is formulate a choice of policies that conform to each state's mandates. If the federal govt. steps in and overturns those state mandates, it would then be interferring with "states rights".

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