> "...medical care is one of the core things that a 1st world country should make available to anyone, for cheap, by subsidizing it and enforcing transparency a

> "...medical care is one of the core things that a 1st world country should make available to anyone, for cheap, by subsidizing it and enforcing transparency and price normalization for common needs..." Yes, exactly. This is pretty hard to accomplish in our current state of political inaction, misinformation and 24-hour news cycles. I'm sensing a build up to a tipping point on public awareness about how we're all being swindled by these hospitals and insurance companies, but perhaps I'm just paying more attention to this now that I'm starting to get a little older. For what it's worth, and for those of you who haven't seen this yet: http://truecostofhealthcare.org/ http://truecostofhealthcare.org/