Ok, with what you just said before the last thing, and the last thing.. hold a sec, help me say this..
The insurance thing is a scam. I mean, calling a plan where everything is covered, at least.
You really can't insure against anything you know is coming, much less already exists. Insurance is bullshit when the above fact exists.
When I was a child, we walked in, I got prodded, I threw up, we paid and left. It was always $25, and sometimes $50, and never took more than 20 minutes, but we were there a bunch, because I had odd allergies.
I will give an inch if they won't take a mile. I will go for catastrophic, if they make every visit cost the sickly enough to keep them from jamming the door with hangnails, and colds, but not so much that it can't be afforded..
I am not talking about price fixing to eff the doctor. I would also call for an overhaul of the tax system, and regulations about some of the less mainstream things they make doctors do to comply with codes written by Dr. Frankenstein.
Much of the problem with medical cost is administration. The computerized national register is not what I mean.
The tax thing is a major one. If you dump income tax, and fire the IRS, I am all about having a conversation with you, and a bunch of good doctors.
Federal taxes should be a flat 10% at the point of sale for everything but food. It's good enough for God.
Ya know..