An outspoken doctor has a video on rc groups under their forum section politics and the universe. The video is just called the true cost of healthcare. He does not seem to be any form of a radical rather just an average practicing physician.

The interesting point he makes is the actual costs of healthcare have been rapidly declining for many years now. Contrary to what is claimed. Maybe it is worth a look depending on your current beliefs and knowledge.

Another thing is if you have drug coverage your co pay can be many times more than just buying the drugs outright. Interesting thread.

Also things like your co pays on tests being far greater than you can purchase them outright. Another interesting point was that if you expect your doctor to have any knowledge of even what he gets paid in reality you may be in for a shock.

Or him even being aware of the costs of what he orders up. His malpractice insurance for example has declined to under three thousand a year and a sampling by him of other doctors is similar except for some specialists like surgeons. They may be hit for 30-40 K a year he claims. The video is about 50 minutes long.

It may put a new perspective on things for a few people. Overall I do expect most Americans do know what is going on in general though.