Originally Posted by Robbie

I wouldn't doubt that at all. Any time the govt. gets involved...it becomes a gravy train and prices soar.

Just look at college tuitions. Same thing. Federal backed student loans? Oh hell yeah! Raise the costs!

"HealthCare" is the same thing.

I remember when I was younger, hardly anyone had health insurance. I simply paid out of pocket. Even for hospital stays.

Always had it in the back of my mind that I MIGHT want to have catastrophic insuracne in case I caught cancer or had a bad auto wreck.
But I didn't want to because I felt it would be a waste of my money to pay out $30 a month for health insurance.

Back then you would have ONE insurance agent in an entire rural county in Florida where I lived.

Nobody NEEDED insurance to just go to the doctor or pay for a prescription.

That all started to slowly change in the 1980's when govt. "HMO's" started kicking in across the country.

Still didn't NEED health insurance...but I started seeing prices rise.

The prices EXPLODED with ObamaCare.

And I guess if I were the owner of a pharmaceutical or a corporation that owns a chain of hospitals or owned an insurance company...yeah, I'd jump on this "endless" money gravy train and raise my prices to the roof too.