Insurance Makes Medical Care MORE Expensive!

Some people look at me like I just grew a third eyeball when I tell them the main reason health care is so expensive in the USA is that everyone has health care payment insurance. Perhaps an illustration will serve to enlighten those who do not so well with theoretical arguments:

A surgeon who tried to lower costs (like by HALF) was resisted at every turn by a system that only wanted to do what the system does because that is how the system does it. Which system? The current one, an incestuous mashup of hospitals and insurance companies. Click the link and have your understanding enlightened.