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LaVonne Neff on how our healthcare is failing — all of us:

What are your stories about healthcare this year? 

Well, folks,

• if consumers are unable to do comparative shopping;
• if we all believe we have a divine right to any healthcare that’s available, no matter how expensive or ineffective it may be;
• if we will not allow our healthcare payers to set price ceilings or negotiate lower prices;
• and if our lawmakers continue to favor the lobbies who fund them rather than the people who elect them;

of course our healthcare system will fail.

It will fail millions of people who cannot afford the treatment they need. It will fail millions who pay high prices for treatment they don’t need. It is failing all of us, since we pay twice as much for healthcare as we would pay in other developed countries.

Until we find an effective way to limit healthcare spending, American healthcare will continue to fail–whether it is funded by private individuals, by competing insurance companies, or by a single payer.