Americans' Health-Care Costs Are Too Damn High, Study Finds

[Garrett78]

10. A study was needed? Of course they're too damn high.

My wife and I are both public employees and our health insurance sucks. The amount we have to pay out of pocket is ridiculous.

I have a cousin with rheumatoid arthritis and her doctor knows which medicine(s) are most likely to help her and which have almost no chance of helping, but she's been going through a long (and painful) process of trying different medications, because the insurance company insists that she start with the cheapest options and work her way up. That right there is the crucial difference between health care and health insurance. Our system is beyond fucked up--and I'm not just talking about health insurance. Buttigieg and others are spot-on when they say we need major structural reform and not just tweaks.