the so called costs in the health care business is directly attributable to fraud, price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, political and other government protection of the pharmaceutical companies (just like oil) and probably the biggest contributor to health care costs the US Government for it's lack of action(s) to curtail all the above....because it is in their personal self interest to do nothing....just as in oil and energy.....and too many to mention other hose jobs...

we the people get stuck with the end result.
We the majority are getting what we deserve because we allow it to continue.

Obamascare is only more icing on an already, long ago baked cake.....destined to break the back of what we think is bad now. What you have today is the best health care at the lowest price not to be continued in the foreseeable future. You will pay more in the years to come to TRY to remain at parity with what you now have. Future costs in and of itself will be a rationing in effect shutting out those who just cannot afford what needs to be done.

btk