Quote: Hellbender said: if you want the best performance, put it in a competitive market where a profit is a stake.
I agree completely, and that's why government needs to get OUT of health care and not farther into it.
Any provider is going to charge what the market will bear - and when it comes to the deep pockets of the government and insurance companies, that's a lot. If people had to pay for their own medical care, then charges would have to come down to what they could pay.