I was feeling really good today until I read this thread. I guess I could reduce travel, work part-time at Starbucks, and work really hard at staying healthy.
But thinking about the healthcare cost growth rate, I find it unsustainable. Something has got to give. What is the current percentage of uninsured? What will it be in five years? Short of a gov'ment takeover, and gov'ment can't even afford medicare much longer, some health care sub-system will emerge and cut the feet out from under the present [-]crooks[/-] providers (think hospitals & insurance groups all dressed up with no one to dance with). It may not be the same coverage, but something will fill the need, it always does. When only the top 5% net worth people can pay the toll, the providers will not be the same either, maybe boutique medical care for the very well healed 5%. The game rules of Adam Smith will decide ultimately.