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Healthcare costs have been rising for years because we didn't follow the lead of our allies after WWII and tie it to our annual governmental budget. There's a whole dark history on the American healthcare system (which members of Congress will keep repeating is the greatest healthcare system in the world) that is predicated on profitability. I'm not saying Obamacare is perfect, but it was an attempt to curb this (and very similar to the plan Romney used for his state). An attempt to fix a system that was already spiralling out of control before you ever heard the name Obama.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

 

And I know healthcare costs have been going up for years, nay, decades. I just graduated from a class for medical admin assistant and medical billing and coding and both went into how much the triad of healthcare providers, the government and insurance companies are all best buddies. A couple of times I had to just stop reading and take a walk around my house a few laps because I was so frustrated by it all. Actually the healthcare providers get the short end of the stick more often than not but that's not this discussion. I was commenting on Obamacare simply because it was the ongoing conversation. It all probably looked great on paper but in reality it has failed. Even if the cost of healthcare was to stabilize, the insurance premiums would still keep people from getting insurance.  

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