Originally Posted by Kewl X5

Your state may have a cap, California has a cap, but not every state has a cap. Pennsylvania does not have a cap and they basically drove out all the OB-GYN doctors out of the state...

Unfortunately, depending on the specialty, there is a lot of defensive medicine being practiced these days which also adds cost to healthcare. Better technology adds cost to healthcare (since this is a BMW board, I will make a BMW analogy)...look at the cost of buying a new BMW....Why is it more expensive?
More technology, more expensive to build because increase cost of building cars and material, etc.

The same thing is happening with healthcare all over the world. There is a lot of waste going on these days and I have never heard of any government program that has made anything more efficient. I agree something needs to be done...will more regulations save more money?

No matter what, everyone will need to get used a coordinated care model...that will be the solution to help cut healthcare cost down. If you don't understand that...just Google it...