First of all, I am confused as to what kind of costs will be reduced with this type of legislation. Sure, they tell us that "administrative" costs will be reduced but they do not say specifically what these costs are. No one will be able to make a detailed list that shows which costs will be reduced, and I am sure that is the point of this legislation. The public will not really know which costs will be reduced until they get a bill on their mail telling them that some procedure will not be covered by their insurance as a consequence of cuts in administrative costs. There are many problems with this type of events and one of them is that we forget that we are dealing with people's health and well-being. All legislation should focus on the needs of the people. I would argue that we would not need any cuts, if the billions of dollars that go to medical services would be spent to benefit the U.S. population as a whole. In reality, most of the money benefits only a few people who are in position of power. I believe that some of the changes that need to be made would involve getting health insurance representatives and medical doctors together and come up with a protocol that ensures that the public will receive the best care possible. I used to ask myself why is health services focused on money instead of people's well being, but thanks to the lecture from last week I understood that the American health system was founded on the belief that medicine consists of rich people that want to charge too much for their obscure knowledge. Sadly, we have been able to evolve in many ways as a society but that ancient mentality has not changed. Until this mentality continues to be instilled in individuals' mentalities, we will not see any changes in our health system and people's health will continue to suffer.