[G8RDuc]

Not sure I agree with you on all points, Cutter.

Frivolous lawsuits are a big part of a practice's budget. The insurance required to carry by some doctors can total over $500k a year. One particular doctor I know is one of a few spinal surgery doctors and his malpractice insurance alone was over $800k.

I do agree that pharmaceutical companies charge too much, but the regulations placed on them are just crazy. Everyone wanted pills from Canada because they're cheaper, but no one bothers to think about the regulations put on our companies that make them charge what they do.

I think most of us would agree, instead of reforming the system, let's fix what needs to be fixed and leave well enough alone. We have one of the best life expectancy rates in the world, we discover more cures then any other country, we DO have free insurance if you goto the ER and have no coverage. Why do we feel the need to overhaul the whole thing?

Our government has proven it can't handle their current health programs, they're abuse on a daily basis (medicare, workmans comp, etc) and all of the other programs that it tries to run (how in the world can the Post Office be losing money? Poor management...). Why do they think they can run something as important as health care?