>Don't you think that private healthcare and insurance companies should be able to skim billions of dollars off the top of all health-related spending? The dru

>Don't you think that private healthcare and insurance companies should be able to skim billions of dollars off the top of all health-related spending? The drug companies and medical supply companies already do that whether or not healthcare is "private". We need a massive overhaul of the patent system if we ever want to bring down the cost of healthcare.