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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (13604)	2/27/2010 8:28:03 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Most everything has more competition than insurance. I can see how creating more competition among insurance companies addresses their costs and profits, but how does it address the fundamental problem...escalating medical expenses? Al

To: Road Walker who wrote (13604)	3/1/2010 12:39:59 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Most everything has more competition than insurance. There only seems to be a severe lack of competition problem, in a few states. Its doesn't have the number of competitors that small scale services, or many forms of cheap consumer goods have, but its far from being the only area with a relatively few large competitors taking most of the market, largely due to economies of scale.