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 Are fat people driving up health insurance costs?
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 I found this website for investigators. Coolsearches.com. Can you really use the stuff on that site legally?
It deals with all sorts of public records. I just would not want to break the law....


 One child policy?
do you ahve any other suggestions as to how the human population could be controlled??? BEST ANSWER WILL BE REWARDED GENEROUSLY....


 Wat kind of life insurance should i get for my mother?
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 In general, how much does car insurance go up if you add a 17 year old male to your policy?
I'm 17, I Just got my lisence. I'll be driving a 1994 nissan pathfinder, roughly, how much should the car insurance go up for my dad to get full coverage on the ...


 Do you need liability insurance for a wedding reception?
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 Can you get life insurance if your already sick?
I have life insurance, and my children have the gerber grow up plan, but my husband doesn't have any and now he's sick.

He's 21 - in case his age matters - he was tested ...


 Are life insurance monies considered part of the "estate" of the decedent?
If my mom has thousands in debt when she dies with no other estate to cover it, will her creditors be after me to pay her debts if they know she has a large life insurance policy and I'm the ...


 Should i smoke if i already have asmma and have to pay rent a month?
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 I'm being sued from a Car Accident...?
About a month ago, I rear-ended someone doing about 15mph while slowing to a stop. The lady that I hit had OnStar and she requested that EMS come and take a look at her. They apparently reported that ...


 How can I arrange for my life insurance to be automaticaly put in a trust for my kids?
I was wondering how one would go about having the benifits from a life insurance policy put into a trust fund for her children. Say I wanted to leave each of my children with $150K in a trust fund ...


 Could someone take out a life insurance policy on me without my knowledge?
Could a husband take out a policy on a wife w/o her knowledge? And is there any way you can find out if a policy has been taken out?
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Dont ya think a husband would have ...


 Would you settle?
If you were rear ended on a friday afternoon, had minor injuries to your back and neck, but are ok right now for 500 dollars? I went to the doctor, and he said nothing was wrong, and prescribed ...


 Can you get a refund of car insurance paid if you get a driving ban?
I have 8 months to go on my car insurance and am looking at a ban of 12 months shortly for bring over the limit....


 Is there anyone else out there besides me that needs a bailout?
why not bail the citizens out also, heck we need one too.....


 Am much interested on starting an Insurace Agency Firm.what are the basic requirements needed to start.?
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 Is my settlement offer fair?
seems like there are plenty of these questions on yahoo. here's my case. accident in december of 2006. police report says im not at fault. ambulance took me to ER. extent of my injuries: broken ...


 If i'm 16 and living alone,do i get bennifits?
i live in england.i'm thinking of moving out and if i do and don't work,do i get bennifits?
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and no i can't work because i am studying,but only part time....


 Is getting insurance online reliable????
because theres 10% discount,but is it reliable??...


 If my house was payed off, should I get enough insurance to cover what the house is worth?
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why not?
What makes health care so expensive these days?
                     
 




wiseghy
Big question, mostly lame answers so far.

Healthcare is very technologically intensive, especially hospital care. Most people demand the finest quality when their lives are at stake, and most hospitals, and programs that pay them, work to provide that. Go to a hospital and watch for a while. You will see how intense even regular care is.

About 60% of US healthcare is currently government provided, but most government entities pay at or below cost to medical providers. This is called cost transfer and it is very common in healthcare.
The result is that private plans must pick up the slack. Until very recently, most people never saw a medical bill, so they didn't know or care about costs.

However, recent increases in insurance premiums and higher deductible plans have suddenly made people aware.


sarge927
Greed is a part of it, but another part of it is the people in our society who produce nothing except a bigger burden to the American taxpayer. Welfare recipients and illegal immigrants go to hospitals, and if you go to a hospital they are bound by law to treat you, whether you have health care insurance or not. Hospitals end up writing off billions of dollars a year for health care services provided to those who don't pay for it. People are so quick to point their fingers at the rich, say they're evil, and claim they just want to stick it to the little guy, but the people who do nothing and expect everything to be handed to them get overlooked.


Timothy L
Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer. Selfish America. Recently, someone wrote a book after extensive study to which country is happiest: Denmark- some citizens there pay up to 68% taxes, but FREE health care. Canada is 13th happiest, US 20th, France 63rd.


jeligula
Pharmaceutical companies, the American Medical Association, overpaid contractors - but most of all, the lifestyles of the doctors. Most of them have a huge mortgage payment and another one on their vacation home, plus an ex-wife or two (or husband, ha ha), a Mercedes payment and a raging drug habit. Oh yeah - they are also trying to pay off 12 years or more of ludicrously expensive college. It will never get better, despite all the health rhetoric we have been hearing during the presidential campaign. Nobody can fix it. It's terminal, I'm afraid.


Maalru3
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This is the question. It cost me 93.00 to see the doctor and all she did was hand me a cup to pee in. The test they ran cost 250.00 so over 350.00 for a bladder infection, this doesn't even include the antibiotices.


Annie M
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1) New, expensive technology.
2) In America, no regulations over pharmaceutical prices.
3) In America, health insurance companies take huge profits. We need to get rid of health insurance companies and have socialized medicine.
4) Credit cards give some people access to medical care that they can't afford otherwise. With more people able to pay for care, the medical industry can jack up prices.


Joe C
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AIDS and all of the PC diseases.


David T
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I would say a mixture of greed, both by doctors and insurance companies, who both have extremely powerful lobbyists, and fraud against the ins companies, and indigent care drives up hospital costs for the rest of us. I am just glad that I am healthy and able to pay my premiums that I get through work. Most employers are trying to eliminate this "overhead" by contracting out their "task oriented" jobs, or even worse, sending them overseas. Yes, healthcare costs are a problem. These are just a few reasons of many.


me n' mona
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Health care companies over charging for everything.


emaufmuth
The CEOs and executives keep demanding higher salaries and the boards want bigger profits.


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