According to my dentist the single biggest cost of being a health care provider in this country is malpractice insurance. He says and i have no reason to doubt him at his word, 55 cents of every dollar that comes into his office goes to pay his insurance and he has NEVER been sued. Some simple solutions could help bring down these costs but again we are back to the corrupt congress. Seeing as most of them are lawyers they are none to anxious to limit their friends ability to rape the people. How about a simple rule saying if you file a lawsuit that is deemed frivilous you and your Attorney have to pay back all legal fees to the court and to the party you sued. Start charging the lawyers and these suits will dissappear.
Just a thought , wonder why all the politicians(lawyers) dont address the reasons for the high costs instead of looking for a way to charge us more to solve it.
BTW Joel , really enjoying your posts! Keep em up.