[sammyg2]

How about if people just pay for their health care, either with cash or with insurance.
Oh no, health insurance is too expensive Sam, they can't afford it! Bah!

if everyone paid their own way, health insurance would be cheap.
It's only expensive because a small portion of the people have to pay for the rest.
Take this "lady" for example. I'd venture a guess that she couldn't afford insurance, but she could afford the chrystal meth. Go figure.

Hopsitals, especially emergency care facilities in So Cal are dropping like flies because they can't make enough money to keep the doors open. Why? because 2 out of 3 people who come through the doors of emergency rooms in some parts of L.A. don't have any insurance and can't afford to pay for care. The hospitals have to treat them for free and then try and fight with the government to get some tax money (our money) to try and cover part of the cost.
Eliminate that problem and health insurance will be affordable for everyone.
A good start would be to stop giving people free health care who are in this country illegally. It is only free for them, for everyone else it costs a fortune.
do that and the cost of health insurance wil ldrop substantially and thec hospitals would become profitable again.
After that, we go after the lawyers.