The REAL Problem with the medical estblishment

Health care is always a big issue. It always comes up in politics. It's always on the TV. It's everywhere. What people keep overlooking, though, is that it's not really the doctor's fault. Sure, sometimes all they're looking for is a big paycheck. But not all.
The big issue why our medical care is so screwed up in two words:
Insurance.
Companies.

That's right. The very people paying for your medical care. I'm sure everybody's had to wrangle with their insurers at some point to get them to pay up. The truth is, a lot of these companies act more like scammers. All they want is for you to pay them their dues every month or so. Then they don't want to give that money up when you need it. YOU are paying THEM to cover your medical costs which they're reluctant to do. Does this make any sense? Greedy-sense, definitely.
We've got so many government officials talking about how they want to improve health-care and insurance. How about they start by imposing laws or some sort of regulations that keep current insurance companies from trying to suck the life out of people?

It's not just about the lack of cough-up reflex on the side on these companies either. A lot of patients aren't getting the care they need because doctors aren't allowed by these companies to tell their patients. Here's a personal example:

When I was young, I had a urinary tract problem called kidney reflux. It's where the tubes connecting the kidneys and bladder don't close right, causing urine to travel back up into the kidneys. This results in severe infections. I suffered with this for several years, having to take all sorts of medications. Some of those had some really bad side-effects. I remember playing really hard at school one day, coming in from recess, and my legs collapsing underneath me. I couldn't stand. All this time, the doctors could have told my family about some procedure an experimental clinic could've given me. It would have solved all my problems. Instead, the doctors stayed mum. It wasn't until my family moved back to a different State that I finally got it. And that was only because my Mom knew of an All Children's Hospital close by.


So, in my opinion: Stop blathering about universal health insurance, and improved health-care. Slap the insurance companies into doing what they're suppose to. Get them to stop telling the doctors what they can or can't do. Let the doctors have that freedom again, and maybe our health-care system might get better.