Don’t expect Health Care Costs to come down too much too quick.

After a big ordeal between Obama and Health Industry Representatives, it was found that the promise to reduce the growth of health spending is to be a gradual one, not an immediate one. It seems counter intuitive to have a 10 year target for reduction in growth when our economy is in peril now. It can be assumed that both the President and the Health Industry Representatives have an Agenda to promote, people to please. The President wants answers now that he can present to the American People as a whole. Health Industry Representatives want to assist in this but at the same time be able to appease their stockholders, investors, etc. A huge drop in projected spending does not look good on the books…

So…where do we fit in as consumers anyways? Seems to be that all these meetings, wheeling and dealing should be a bit more public, that way we can be informed consumers, allowing us to avoid the need for Universal Health Care, and not go bankrupt at the next doctors visit.