The N Y Times: Many Health Plans, Many Hours Spent Haggling.

This article should be a "must read" for everyone. It compares the many health plans in the U.S. to the single payer Canadian health care system.
I practiced family medicine for almost fifty years and I can state that every word in this article is true. Our health care system is too expensive and wasteful. Too much health care money goes to the for-profit insurance industry. Too much time is wasted deciding whether or not a necessary test, procedure or treatment will be paid for. The doctor's office and treatment facilities drown in unnecessary paperwork, as are services such as laboratories and and other necessary providers.
The 18000+ Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and a majority of nurses believe that the only answer
is a single payer system. But our federal legislatures will not let that happen. Money talks!
Melvin H Kirschner BA BS MPH MD
Dr. K's book "All Medicines Are Poison!" discusses many of the shortcomings of the U.S. health care system.
www.allmedicinesarepoison.com