The NY Times published a detailed article showing that the key reason for our current health care cost epidemic is not because people are getting sicker and using more medical services, rather it’s simply the costs that keep going up —
“A single-payer system could also regulate prices. If attempted nationally, or even in a state, either of these would be met with resistance from all those who directly benefit from high prices, including physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies — and pretty much every other provider of health care in the United States.”
