Following the Rules ... Broken System

[SarahEAW]

There is something wrong when those of us "following the rules" and dutifully purchasing healthcare insurance are penalized by mail order pharmacies for preferring using a local pharmacy with a real live pharmacist and local employees... or having to pay a $500.00 deductible if we go to the Emergency Room over an Urgent Care center.... like I know NOT to go to the ER unless it is serious... yes, I realize a lot of America goes for non-acute care... but why are we left with the penalty.

[elkpark]

Also, look at Europe... they pay through the nose....

Europeans pay more in taxes than we do, but they get a great deal more in public services than we do, and they do not pay more for healthcare than we do -- in fact, they pay a great deal less than we do, and have significantly better morbidity and mortality statistics to show for it.