Healthcare Costs

All the talk about the “Affordable Healthcare Act” or “Obabmacare” (whichever you prefer to call it) makes me question whether the actual problem is being addressed. The current healthcare solution makes health insurance more available and more affordable. What a great thing. If you don’t look any further. I’m not knocking the effort but from my experience, the difficulty in obtaining affordable health insurance is a symptom of a much bigger problem–the cost of healthcare is simply too high. This legislation treats the symptom, not the cause. When my first child was born (1990), the hospital promised us prenatal care and delivery for $4,000. We got the childbirth classes and the free diaper bag. After it was over, they...