"In short, the problem isn't that your insurance costs too much or that you might lose it or anything like that. The problem is that you /have/ insurance, especially insurance through your employer. Ideally you wouldn't have insurance at all or at least you'd have much less of it." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"That's the essence of where Republicans want to go. And why Democrats aren't making that a lot more clear is a very good question without any good answers. The problem is that you go to the doctor and agree to take the tests the doctor recommends. Shadegg and Hoekstra want a system where if your doctor suggests a biopsy for a suspicious lump you think about the pros and cons. Is it worth the money? Do you have the money? How suspicious is the lump anyway? Maybe you get the first one. But not necessarily the follow up scan six months later." - Andrew C