Quote Originally Posted by Wrathbringer View Post
I also reject our credit system. I'd pay cash. Would that be acceptible?
When I was uninsured (but paying my bills) I found a doctor that gave me a discount if I paid cash. Guess those kinds of doctor/patient deals are gone now. Thanks, Obama!

Quote Originally Posted by Buckwheet View Post
You already stated that hospitals made profits and insurance companies made profits, so who upheld the brunt of it? Policy owners like me.
Insurance companies weren't feeling the pain of the uninsured because they weren't paying for the uninsured, hospitals were. You could argue that since the uninsured cost the hospitals money they in turn had to increase their prices but insurance companies were already negotiating huge discounts with hospitals.

I have no proof to back up my arguments (I wonder if such proof even exists) but I'd be willing to bet obese people and smokers account for a larger portion of why healthcare costs are so high than the uninsured.