Letters to the Editor
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Disgrace
Health insurance companies have contributed torwards turning Health care into a breeding ground for unchecked greed. Does anyone deny that Health Insurance companies largely contributed to skyrocketing health care costs?
Health insurance companies can pay more than individuals can, so providers charge more, leading to health insurance companies raising premiums, leading to higher provider charges since what the heck, the Insurance Company can afford it by simply raising premiums again. It is a cycle that has turned the health care system into a system of blood sucking leeches. Ok maybe that hyperbole is too strong. Well, maybe not.
On top of these skyrocketing costs leading to extravagant profits for all, Health insurance is all administrative cost. They do not provide any service outside of collecting money and then distributing it. On top of that, Health care providers have administrative costs associated with dealing with the administrative needs of the health insurance companies. Add the administrative costs of government regulations providing oversight to the relationship between insurance companies and providers and you have a huge and expensive cluster screw of administrative costs whose sole benefit is profit for Health Insurance companies.
Both the candidates plans suck, with Obamas being next to useless if not stupid. Following Obamas logic, why not have just those "who can afford it or want it" pay for public education? Clintons plan starts to head in the right direction but then goes off the rails with continued support for private health insurance companies, who can then continue to strangle the system with overhead, continue to drive costs up, and suck dollars away from actual health care.