Another pointless person-bashing exhibition that gives no real insight into what makes the healthcare industry tick. I think that was precisely the point. The

Another pointless person-bashing exhibition that gives no real insight into what makes the healthcare industry tick. I think that was precisely the point. The actual political struggle has little to do with healthcare, that only defines the shape of the playing field. If you have never worked with the puzzle that is hospital billing and regulation, you really have no idea at how helpful many of the clauses in Obama's bill will be at lowering health costs in the U.S. I have a bit of knowledge of this. My wife works for a good-sized hospital managing the department that's responsible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and we've discussed this at great length. The very fact that this reimbursement requires a whole department ought to demonstrate that Medicare/caid is not a model of efficiency and low overhead as is claimed, but simply that they push their inefficiencies onto the providers. But I'm quite surprised by your claim that the bill will lower costs. I don't see how that can be, nor can my wife or any of the industry people she talks with.