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Spin Zone / Re: ObamaCare cost spike is Trump’s fault, ACA architect says
« on: May 08, 2017, 06:11:08 AM »If people didn't feel entitled to have their childbirth paid for by somebody else, they would be very motivated to find cheaper ways to get the job done. It is insane that giving birth should cost $18,000. Absent a medical problem, most births could happen naturally at home. Childbirth is not a disease. "Medical" insurance shouldn't cover it. If you can't afford to pay for getting a baby into this world, don't have one, or have one cheaply at home.
There is a whole sordid history of how women were maneuvered into thinking hospitals were a better place to give birth and it has blown up in to a huge profit making industry with a lot of terrible consequences from way too many unnecessary interventions. The C-section rate is insane, and based mostly on defensive medicine (lawsuits), and usually cascading from a domino effect beginning with a "small" intervention.
"Healthcare" is a multi billion dollar "industry" in the US, and Obamacare put it on steroids, hence why you see so much opposition in congress to repeal it.