The problem is that the government doesn’t do it’s real job: to make sure that the market is flowing properly and that nobody is getting f@cked over. Instead of doing this, it goes way overboard for fear of electoral and legal repercussions. I truly feel that frivolous lawsuits will be the death of our society. One of the biggest costs for the medical profession is malpractice insurance. What this essentially leaves us with is a battle of the doctors vs. the lawyers. The lawyers will always have the upper hand IMHO because they know the legal system and laws of the land better than anyone. Heck, they are the ones who write the laws! Most senators are former attorneys themselves. What do they do when they leave the public sector? They usually work as a lobbyist for some big law firm.

Getting back to outsourcing healthcare. It is outsourced because the market allows it to be outsourced. It is just too darn expensive. The real problem is that the current healthcare system that we have is the ONLY game in town. You have a problem, you must have go to a certain provider that accepts your insurance. When I say provider, I lump Kaiser, Sharp, Scripps, etc., together because they are basically the same. What I am trying to say is that more alternative forms of healthcare are not only not allowed to be used, they are illegal! Some laws against certain practitioners of medicine are there for obvious reasons. But the entire systems is rigged! It’s sort of like the realty industry, I guess. Hmmmmmm.