Michael Moore's Latest Target: Your HMO

[12thMan]

Well, there are a lot of moving pieces to this. But I think just to keep it simple, the new plan isn't so much concerned about dictating or telling doctors how many or what surgeries to perform, but rather give the underinsured and the uninsured access to preventative healthcare and if needed, surgery. So yes, to SGG's question, I would imagine because you now have more people covered under the new plan and more people being able to now afford healthcare, the number of surgeries would indeed go up.

However, the potential costs or tax burden of this will be shared by the states, local and federal government, employers and the insurance providers themselves. One other thing to keep in mind, the costs of doing business is one of the big reasons our healthcare is so expensive. For instance, many patient records are still being maintained on paper. The plan is to transition and automate a lot of the record keeping and other administrative functions to reign in costs.