Due to a medical emergency, we do not have a traditional article to post here at theOptionsEdge.Com today. Nonetheless, we would like to share Mark's story of how he negotiates the health care system. Every one of us knows that the US Healthcare system is highly regulated, opaque and therefore dysfunctional at a macro level. Unless you have a Cadillac plan, you never really know what you are going to pay for medical services. But at the same time, it generally delivers good care if you put some personal effort into it.