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


To: i-node who wrote (26829)8/1/2013 4:12:51 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
The reason this industry has this pricing model is because of government's imposing price controls which began in 1965, via Medicare and Medicaid.

Actually original sin goes farther back. Post WW2 wage controls forced employers to compete on benefits, and most especially health insurance. Medicare/caid lower costs... about the only thing that has over the last 50 years.