As said already in this thread, regulation and tort reform would do wonders. The increased cost of premiums by insurance companies reflects the overcharging by providers that has been happening for years. Just like anything else, if it can be taken advantage of, it will.

Also, no one is denied care and left to die, it just doesn't happen in the US, period. Illegals are not even turned away from premium hospitals when they are having a baby...

Do you believe because you are not paying for this system in the form of premiums you are not going to pay for it? Oh it will be paid for and it will continue to be paid for by the ever shrinking middle class.

What we have learned with welfare is that the myth of people using this to 'work their way up' is a farce, for most, it IS their form of income and until it is cut off they will continue to take it. Just wait to see the lines for doctors notes, disability excuses and prescription meds, once again... if it can be taken advantage of, it will.

minimum wage, work place safety standards and other forms of socialized legislation has directly contributed to the tsunami of imports from countries that do not have these programs. Touting these programs as these wonderful humanistic programs is all good until your shopping cart is full of items made in a dingy factory by people that work for slave wages and have no social protections. Not to say that these things have not helped initially, but the red tape has bound the hands of the American manufactures. Dont call fair compensation in the workplace when your not supporting these programs with your dollar.