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No it's pretty much the only reason. The healthcare industrial complex is nothing but a bunch of criminals. They're going to bring the whole country down with the price gouging horse shite. frick em.

Actually Hospitals have a hard time making money because so many people skip out on their bills. So, like every other business they raise their prices on things to get money from people who can afford to pay. People with insurance make up money for people who skip. Now that deductibles are so high, more people are skipping and can't afford to pay.

My premium for insurance in $675 a month...for just me. I have a $6,000 deductible. That means I have to spend $14,000 in a years time before I get any benefit from my insurance. Yet, the left thinks everything is better because everybody has insurance. Never mind the poor can't use it because they can't afford the deductible.

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Posted by a want

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Posted on 6/28/17 at 6:11 am to DawgsLife

Yeah. The root cause isn't greed, or crooked hospitals or insurance companies. It's the simple truth that people get sick and we have amazing technology to treat that sickness. And it's expensive.

I worked with a guy who was bitching about a $20k bill he got from the hospital. He had insurance. But he also weighed 400 pounds and almost died. They saved his life and he was bitching about paying 1/2 of what he paid for his car. Our mindset is a big part of the problem.

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Posted by the808bass

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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:24 am to DawgsLife

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Actually Hospitals have a hard time making money

This isn't true. Rural hospitals may have a harder time making money. But that's because rural people are fine with driving to the big city for their bypass surgery.

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