I'm not a coder, nor do I play one on TV, but,

The high cost of insurance cannot be layed at the feet of Tort
Law. How about the tremendous amount of money spent for ads
by drug companies in all media for certain brands of drugs. Drugs that should be pitched to the Drs. and not the masses.

Have you ever read an hospital itemed statement? Next to
impossable to decifer.Last one I received was 8 pages long
and a lot of it looked like double billing to me.