I wonder what would happen if millions of people

[Honeycombe8]

8. A lot of people would suffer, and some would die, w/o health care. Think about yourself....

for example: do you expect insurance to cover every visit you make to the doctor? If so, you are part of the problem. Do you expect ins. to cover elective services, like birth control pills and viagra? If so, you are part of the reason why ins. costs are so high.

Decades ago, insurance was only for big ticket items and certain things. Birth control pills (unless prescribed for a health condition) are elective and not medically related, so weren't covered. There was no viagra. Pregnancy wasn't covered. Everyone had to pay SOMETHING to go to the dr. And truth is, most people didn't run to the dr. every time their sinuses flared up or whatever.

But now, everyone wants to go to the dr. at the least little thing, convinced they have allergies and need medical treatment or whatever. And they don't want to pay a single dollar to do that. So....costs skyrocketed.

Health care providers had to raise their fees, in order to get paid decently, because the ins. cos. were involved and taking a piece of the pie.

Result: Care costs are now too high to go without insurance. (Used to be, care costs were more reasonable...it was actually possible to pay for your health care out of your own pocket.)

Ins. is now a part of the system and a part of the problem. Caused not just by the system, but also by people who wanted too much for too little.