Drive Up The Cost Of Healthcare

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It's true that the cost of health care is very expensive. If most Americans are not able to receive medical attention how can we also take care of the undocumented workers. It is just too expensive to be done. There many factors that drive up the cost of healthcare. I believe that for that reason we have too many lawsuits, administration issues, and rising cost of medications. The biggest issue is that the government won’t get involve and take more control of the healthcare industry. Only then can we reduce the healthcare cost in this country.

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