[tptacek]

That's a problem though when the blame is so screwy, because it leads people to solutions that are not solutions. Medicare itself drastically overpays for medical services compared to the G20. The biggest problem is with providers, and it's exactly stuff like anesthesiologists overbilling for surgeries.

[joe_the_user]

Yes, the blame apportioned by the average person is screwy. But that should be clue to the experts with a more sophisticated view. What it should tell them is that health care reform schemes that rest on the average person exerting or responding to incentives are not going to work.