It's gotten to that point as a result of government meddling, mostly.

If the FDA weren't operating as a protectionist arm of the pharmaceutical companies, things would likely be different.

One of the main reason medicine is mass produced and STILL expensive is that certain companies have monopolies on treatments.

Some of the standards required for FDA approval are prohibitively expensive, as well.

Does not work. Its a buisness and they charge by how much someone will pay

There are multiple issues with the healthcare system...

That someone who pays is now a corporation, and not just an individual.

Where does the price go?

Taxpayers?

Price goes up.

Well its the govt, they never got good at spending responsibly

When you buy Health Insurance, you mitigate the risk of illness or injury by putting the financial burden on an insurance company.

As such, you are no longer the customer.

The insurance company is.

Combine that with a mandate that EVERYONE has insurance now

The solutions are few, and they're ethically gray.

Add to that that hospitals pass on the costs to the customer (they don't really give prices, just costs).

Well, yeah.

You have to consider that there's an inverse to supply and demand, as well.

You've got supply, the hospitals.

But the demand for hospital care is a matter of life or death.

It's just weird that hospitals don't set prices, it's more insurance that does via the way things are handled.

And yet, we've given the health care system entirely over to insurance agencies.

It's even worse that most insurance set prices are based off of medicare prices.

So, indirectly, it's actually priced by government

Also, Medicare often can't even afford to pay it's bills.

Many doctors won't accept medicare or medicaid, because they bounce checks.

It's actually because Insurances set prices to pay better than Medicare.

I need to stop looking at maps of DC.

I'm getting hungry thinking about Wiseguy Pizza, &Pizza, and Cava Grill. -_-

Medicare has the worst rates, but they set them first and the insurance companies base their stuff off of Medicare prices.

Look up English food. That should stop the hunger

ew... greasy food

Delicious greasy food.

TENDIES

No.

NO.

You back the fuck away from my Fish and Chips with that 'Tendies' crap.

Ughh the food here looks disgusting

But why does it taste so good