Uninsured pay the most at U.S. hospitals

Can you believe it? I ran across this article and it confirmed what I've discovered fairly recently. That YOU PAY MORE FOR DOCTOR'S VISITS IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE! Excuse me for shouting but, silly me, I thought that if a doctor's office didn't have to bill your insurance company or if, heaven forbid, you paid up front, on the day of your visit, you would actually pay LESS (there I go again) for your visit. Not so. It's mind boggling. This is just one more argument for socialized medicine. There are too many damn middlemen involved in the patient/doctor/hospital triad. Mr. Bush just can't understand it; no wealthy person can if they've never experienced being on the bottom of the socioeconomic heap. Do I feel better for having vented? Not really...sniff, sniff