The entire column is ignoring the sources for all of the "healthcare" costs.  Hospitals and physicians groups have raised their prices for all aspects of healthcare with no restrictions or justifications other than greed.  The insurance industry joined with the providers to form an unholy alliance of uncontrolled greed unimpeded by any government regulations.  The only regulating is in Medicare and Medicaid where a government agency restricts the payments to providers.  The providers wail and gnash their teeth at these intrustions into their greed system.  Compounding the problem is the ownership of healthcare providing by Roman Catholic corporations claiming religious exemptions from tax payments and restrictions on healthcare providing based on religious dogma.  In recent years, the Catholic  Healthcare institution have absorbed physician groups into their umbrella to control all aspects of healthcare in many communities throughout the nation. This column is just chaff without truth.