A single cancer treatment isn't driving up the cost of medical insurance. It's the family of 5 that got to their pcp for ever sniffle and sneeze, who then incur an office charge and a round of antibiotics (for a virus) or steroids because the good doc feels he can't send them away without some form of treatment.
It's the indigent (legal and non) who use hospitals as primary care outlets and have no way to pay for those services, but can't be turned away, and their costs are spread across the board to those who can (we had socialized medicine before Obamacare, we just chose to ignore it existed and didn't want to give it a name.)
It's the fact that I can go to my pcp and offer a cash amount, but if I file on insurance it's 50% more, and the insurance pays it
It's the indigent (legal and non) who use hospitals as primary care outlets and have no way to pay for those services, but can't be turned away, and their costs are spread across the board to those who can (we had socialized medicine before Obamacare, we just chose to ignore it existed and didn't want to give it a name.)
It's the fact that I can go to my pcp and offer a cash amount, but if I file on insurance it's 50% more, and the insurance pays it
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