Originally Posted by kane

While tort reform would help (although there are many experts who say it would only lower overall costs by around 5%, that is still 5% less) as far as I know the bill does allow for the creation of groups so that individuals can buy policies from a group pool just as if they were part of a large corporation.

I agree fully that the legislation is flawed and has a lot of problems. I am very hesitant about it and I feel in the end it will become bloated, corrupt and cost a whole lot more than anyone is guessing. Like you I think there needs to be real reform, but this bill probably is not it.

My post was a response to your question about about the government taking over a for profit business. The point is that this business is not a free and fair market. We are forced to pay as much as 500% more (and maybe more in some cases) than other countries do for the same medicine. We are forced to pay this because the government will not allow us to go out on the free market and buy it from an overseas company that sells it cheaper. I don't think the government should take these drug companies over, but they should allow we citizens who pay for our medicine with cash instead of insurance to buy it from wherever we please and create a little competition which might then cause the price to lower here in the states.