> Maureen wrote: > > you forgot the obscene profits. >
The real problem, if I take your point, is not profit - that's what companies (and everyone here) does. Rather it's market regulation. Classic supply and demand, right? More demand than supply at a given price. So the failure here is a market failure - failure of the government to well-regulate the market. The result is our current system where customers can't afford to buy the goods and services at market prices. Insurance is simply the finance mechanism and the only market actor with the power and incentive to keep supply costs low. If you as an individual want to pay less for back surgery you won't have much luck. If the financier representative of 10,000 people wants to pay less for back surgeries they'll probably succeed. And, of course, nobody has to finance their back surgery with insurance - they're free to pay for it themselves. And they'll pay a hell of a lot more for it than the insurance company would. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
