The problem is not THEM, it's US...

The problem is not SICK UNINSURED people, it's (surprisingly) HEALTHY RICH white people

Sure the politicians are corrupt, and tort reform would help a bit, but the heavy lifting of health-care spending is because people cannot deal with their own mortality. The real money saver is -- yup -- death panels. I'm entirely serious. Obnoxious and axe-grinding name aside, we all need to get to terms with the fact that there ain't none of us getting out of here alive... Just like oil drilling (which we've driven into way more technically demanding/costly locations), we now have incredibly expensive technically demanding remedies available to us, and we want every f'n one of them exhausted on our loved ones. That's understandable, but it's the problem. Just like our insatiable appetite for cheap gasoline.

And the real drain on healthcare $$$'s? Rich white people who live long lives. Everyone blames the poor/uninsured, but it's a great sound bite that misses the majority of the pie. The reality is the sick and high-health-risk lifestyle folks (obese, smoke 2 packs a day) cost us less, because they exit the system early. It's 30 extra years, all after retirement, of prescription drugs, costly tests, and exotic treatments which are the REAL expenses.

My point is that if you blame OTHERS, you are missing the point.

We have seen the problem, and it is US.