Gallup's CEO, "The biggest problem that the country has is actually the cost of health care."

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-03-10-gallup-medical-bills_N.htm

21% of Americans scramble to pay medical, drug bills. Best quote on what that means is here.

"The biggest problem that the country has is actually the cost of health care," says Jim Clifton, Gallup's CEO. "It's a lot bigger problem than war and a bigger problem than the current meltdown because there are no fixes to it on the horizon right now. … You can't just throw money at it. That's still not a fix."

A COBRA plan would cost the Prossers $900 a month, Denise says. With help from the recently passed economic stimulus package, which provides a federal subsidy worth 65% of COBRA premiums, the Prossers still would have to pay $300 a month — an especially high price tag for people who no longer have regular salaries.

[rollingrock]

1. Health insurance, oil and defense

the top three most obscenely profitable industries in the the US.

[Delphinus]

2. Health insurance companies

exist to make a profit. That's it.

[seabeyond]

3. there is fair profit and then there is greed. they also have a responsibility to consumer

we the people, in all forms, have walked away from integrity

btw... it is not just health insurance companies. it is hospitals, doctors and consumers not paying. it is all....