>I suspect from your tone ("insurance co. vampires") that you do think that
>insurance companies are a (the?) main problem. I admit my perception is
>clouded by the fact that insurance companies and even large purchasers of
>insurance are relatively weak where I live. It is also hard not to listen to
>stories like Doug's mom's $21,000 broken arm and not see that as the major
>problem.
I haven't looked at the literature in a long time, but as I remember it, the U.S. health system stood out as the world's most expensive on every score - cost of drugs, fees, equipment, hospital stays, administration, everything. There's no single culprit - they're all guilty.
Doug