I guess eventually, although living unproductive lives, they get their care paid for. That is a sarcastic outlook, but many people feel this way. The government could give more of the federal money paid to graduate medical education to the students who plan to practice primary medicine. This would give us more general practices that would cost less than hospitals. There is a lot of waste and fraud in health care.
Doctors rune extra tests in order to clear their liability just in case of a malpractice suit.
The courts could put a limit on the amount a person could receive from the courts for pain and suffering. The truth is health cost will not go down until something is done. I think we ought to work for preventative, good, long-term health care. I feel the way to do this is through a national insurance plan It would provide a basic care to all individuals. Not only this, but the government could weed out unnecessary costs and outrageous charges.