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Nope, the biggest factor for the high cost of health care is the FALSE "free market" that we have in health care!

The big health insurance corporation are PRICE FIXING. . .they all cost about the same. . . because, although they are "suppose" to compete with each other, they are very happy to "compete" at a much higher level (that allow for big bonus for their CEO's) level. . .instead of engaging in a REAL free market competition (a good, old fashion, price war would help!) where they actually bring the prices down to compete (instead of up!)

And this is why a public option would have been the REAL way to reduce health care cost by providing a REAL competition. . .just as they do in many European countries, where private insurances (generally called "mutuelles") don't only compete with other (for profit) private insurances, but with a few "public options" offered by the government and, obviously, non-profit!

That is the REAL free market competition!

<blockquote data-quote="Openmind" data-source="post: 169979" data-attributes="member: 3480">Nope, the biggest factor for the high cost of health care is the FALSE &quot;free market&quot; that we have in health care!The big health insurance corporation are PRICE FIXING. . .they all cost about the same.&nbsp; .&nbsp; . because, although they are &quot;suppose&quot; to compete with each other, they are very happy to &quot;compete&quot; at a much higher level (that allow for big bonus for their CEO&#039;s) level. . .instead of engaging in a REAL free market competition (a good, old fashion, price war would help!) where they actually bring the prices down to compete (instead of up!)And this is why a public option would have been the REAL way to reduce health care cost by providing a REAL competition. . .just as they do in many European countries, where private insurances (generally called &quot;mutuelles&quot;) don&#039;t only compete with other (for profit) private insurances, but with a few &quot;public options&quot; offered by the government and, obviously, non-profit!That is the REAL free market competition!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Openmind, post: 169979, member: 3480"] Nope, the biggest factor for the high cost of health care is the FALSE "free market" that we have in health care! The big health insurance corporation are PRICE FIXING. . .they all cost about the same. . . because, although they are "suppose" to compete with each other, they are very happy to "compete" at a much higher level (that allow for big bonus for their CEO's) level. . .instead of engaging in a REAL free market competition (a good, old fashion, price war would help!) where they actually bring the prices down to compete (instead of up!) And this is why a public option would have been the REAL way to reduce health care cost by providing a REAL competition. . .just as they do in many European countries, where private insurances (generally called "mutuelles") don't only compete with other (for profit) private insurances, but with a few "public options" offered by the government and, obviously, non-profit! That is the REAL free market competition! [/QUOTE]

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