John Oliver Forgives $15 Million in Medical Debt

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(06-07-2016, 12:01 PM)Au165 Wrote: This goes back to the whole point. Insurance almost does more harm than good. What happens is they have adjusted prices knowing the insurance companies will pay them, but for those without it is impossible to pay. Now we require everyone to have insurance, but how about instead we require the hospitals to properly price services first and see how that fixes things.

Oh, that's been suggested a few times over the years, but it usually gets painted as socialism and people get terrified of the word. The short of it is, unless we treat healthcare along the same lines as basic essential utilities like water and electricity, someone is going to manipulate the prices to make a lot of money. That's capitalism.