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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (239286)	12/4/2013 11:20:55 AM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 542050

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (239286)	12/4/2013 12:05:55 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542050

Wellll, as I tried to explain earlier, insurance premiums is not health care cost. It is the cost of premiums. Did the price of stitches go down? A stitch is a cost of health care. As someone who posted said, copays are going up as are deductibles - so sure I suppose insurance cost could go down. Also there is an issue of government subsidies for low income so those too will go down. But that hardly means that health care cost itself is going down. Besdies even insurance cost still are rising faster than inflation as your post said. AND, most of Obamacare hasn't gone into effect yet. Do you think the cost of a stitch is going to go down? The cost of a hospital room? An MRI (now taxed) scan? Do you think insurance cost will go down? Where is the incentive for lower cost?