tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post2634074217202026173..comments2023-08-24T00:28:08.108-07:00Comments on Why is American health care so expensive?: a nearly instant solution to health care woesJanice Boughtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321947802871503562noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350181109033523476.post-60769843302369430692010-03-23T14:47:03.851-07:002010-03-23T14:47:03.851-07:00Do you remember the day when health care wasn'...Do you remember the day when health care wasn't so expensive? You cover how health care use to be. <br />When we were kids, my Dad didn't have health care coverage for us. Just him and my Mom. My Mother treated all our ailments at home and the things she couldn't fix we went to the Dr. She paid in cash or if it more in-depth she made payments. Then came along the civil lawsuits and mandated HMO's. That is when the health care became a money making industries for the HMO's.<br />Get rid of the government regulations and quit mandating what insurance companies have to cover and let the Dr's be Dr's.<br />My Brother in law did not have medical coverage for 18 months, while he waited till medicare started coverage for him. He has diabetic and high blood pressure and had suffered from a stroke the previous year. He saw a Dr once every three months, his office visit was 55.00 and then additional 60.00 for his lab. The most expensive thing was his medicine, which was well over 200.00 a month.<br />Now he is covered my medicare but has to have a drug plan and supplemental coverage. He is paying more then before. Something isn't right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com