the new health care?

[Daseal]

Uninsured Unite!

Nope, learned my lesson. Personal coverage will kick in sometime this month!

Schneed -- are you able to go into specifics as to why uninsured and insured patients don't pay the same price for the same procedure? I just don't understand what's so pipe dream-ish about thinking that a service should cost a certain amount regardless. A procedure costs X amount, then add in however much to cover overhead/equipment/staff/profit/etc. Come to a fair price, that's your price. I know insurance companies say we'll only pay X amount, but couldn't the hospitals say 'fine' which would lead to consumers fighting for a real change to the system?