They STILL don't get it

Over the past year, some hospitals and provider groups have demanded breathtaking increases to remain in a carrier’s network. Legislators in Massachusetts proposed more than 70 new mandates in a state whose own health care “reform” has created a sea of red ink. Legislators and regulators double-counted alleged savings to get a deeply flawed health care bill passed. Yet the lamestream media is more interested in making political points than in understanding a simple concept. Let me help. It’s the costs, stupid!

The editorial concludes by stating that, “Ultimately, however, the key to holding down premiums will be to bring the spiraling costs of medical care under control.” The first and last sentences of this editorial give us hope, but all of the politicized and populist claptrap in between is nothing more than a distraction from the real problem.

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