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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: Sanders' health care plan 'will never, ever come to pass' [View all]wordpix
(18,652 posts)We no longer have people without insurance, going broke and losing their homes and savings b/c they have a pre-existing condition, for example.
We do allow drug companies a monopoly on pricing b/c Congress agreed with them not to negotiate for better prices outside the US.
We do have insurance companies, providers and drug cos. fraudulently billing. They appear to be in cahoots, and the insurance companies may be writing their fantasy numbers off as tax deductions/losses when they don't get the full amount they fraudulently bill, while agreeing in provider contracts to allow lower payments. Billing is opaque for a reason and Congress/DOJ should open this up wide and investigate. I have no hopes for Congress, but a Pres. Sanders might ask DOJ to do it, especially if his constituents demand it.