I've got an idea! Have the government stop borrowing money from a
privately and foreign owned bank, called the "Federal" Reserve,
which is causing the inflation on any meaningful service or
commodity.
Then bring the jobs back that bring tax revenue, and insured
patients.
This is systemic, deeper than just healthcare.

An interesting article, and like many things that are read on the
internet, only gives the partial story. Sadly, like many of our
voters, they don't bother to dig a level or two deeper, instead
taking the message at face value and solidifying their belief.
And our media system has done a wonderful job at brainwashing
most of us.
The root of this 'potential' imaging problem is not the
administration, it's not the plans for universal health care,
it's not even the manufacturers of the imaging devices!
The problem exists simply with years of compounded greed and
corruption, bloating our healthcare system into this gluttonous,
inefficient monster.
The USA has the most expensive health care system on planet
earth, and ranks DEAD LAST in quality of care against every other
developed country - even some south american countries offer
better quality of care for a tiny fraction of the price. Yet the
media loves to spout stories of how these other countries have
horrendous waiting lines and terrible care. I've lived in Europe
and Australia, using public healthcare systems that frankly put
even the most expensive US medical establishments to shame - I
worked for the world's leading software company and had the best
healthcare insurance in the country, didn't pay a dime for
anything. Don't believe the propaganda:

http://campusprogress.org/articles/u.s._health_care_ranks_last_co
mpared_to_other_countries/

To further elaborate before I conclude on the imaging question.
Consider something as simple a procedure as an appendectomy, it
can cost from the cost of a fridge to the cost of a house. Same
procedure, but can differ by tens/hundreds of thousands. Average
cost is $33,000.00 in the USA - average people without adequate
insurance would lose everything for one of the most basic and
routine surgeries! Their house - GONE. Their kids chance of
attending college - GONE. They could spend their lives digging
themselves out of debt, most likely going bankrupt. Or they could
hop over to Canada (say you are on vacation) without insurance
and have it done for less than $2000.00 by the best of surgeons -
madness!

http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/how-much-does-an-appendectomy-co
st-study-says-price-can-range-from-1500-to/1226863

In conclusion, this article on imaging is just another example of
why we NEED HEALTHCARE REFORM, we need the government to step in
and offer healthcare options that are affordable and available
for everyone, and over time will inevitably cause the intrinsic
greed of the healthcare/insurance establishment to HAVE TO CUT
THE FAT and be COMPETITIVE. Imaging is not the problem, it's the
greed and corruption in the middle that drives the cost up to
astronomical levels.
Another recent example specifically on imaging, shows that you
can have an MRI in France for $280, but in the US you will pay
upwards of $1080 (I've seen charges on my insurance bill far
higher, again supporting the great variance in pricing across the
USA).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-an-mri-co
sts-1080-in-america-and-280-in-france/2011/08/25/gIQAVHztoR_blog.
html

The original poster of this article is simply worried about his
job,and I understand where he is coming from. Given the crazy
costs for almost every single medical procedure in this country,
public (Obama-Care) healthcare options may initially be unable to
offer higher cost things such as imaging scans. But, the scans
shouldn't cost so much, and that's really the root problem. Until
insurance companies and the medical establishment are slowly
forced to be competitive and stop their insane greed, it's true
that some people may not have access to imaging. 
But let's be truly real here. If you already have good health
insurance, you don't have to worry - imaging is covered. If you
don't have health insurance, you may not be able to get necessary
imaging, but this is not because of Obama-care or health reform.
Please understand that it's the very same
companies/establishments that paid governor Romney millions of
dollars to try and win this election that are stopping you from
gaining access to these scans. They want to continue charging 10
to 100 times more for procedures than every other developed
country where people have easy, available and affordable  access
to the necessary care to keep them healthy, in some cases alive.
These companies/establishments don't want to change, they like
their multi-billion dollar profits and who can blame them? It's
been a great ride - let's not worry about that 47% of Americans
as governor Romney put it. Let them suffer, who cares.
But this can't continue, if only for the sake of creating a
system where ANY sick person can receive help, and not literally
lose the shirt off his/her back in the process.
Healthcare reform is an absolute necessity in this country and
the only people against it are those who currently profit from
it's current state - those in the
insurance/medical/pharmaceutical establishments, and those who
don't want to pay any more taxes to help support the very people
who made them wealthy in the first place.
I'll leave you with a thought from the wonderful philanthropist
Bill Gates. He realized that his amazing wealth as the world's
wealthiest, flowed from the people of the world, without them
buying his products, he would have nothing. So it's only right
that some of that money should flow back to help the world that
provided it. IN fact, he is flowing back over $40 billion dollars
of his own money, almost his entire fortune.

So, is the real problem Obama-Care?

Also I would think that a big problem is that insurance companies
can pay half the price if you have insurance.  Example.  CXR:  A
given person's insurance company has a negotiated payment of $90.
 Another person who doesn't have an insurance company that
negotiated that price has to pay $210 for the same service.  This
is totally bogus.  The cost should remain static from person to
person.  Same with bank loans.	Interest should remain static. 
If the bank feels the risk is too large, simply don't give the
loan.  The loanee will be much better off without paying a
600$/month bill on something someone who makes decent money would
pay 400$/month.  Charging interest rates that you know they can't
afford will not make them more apt to pay up and does NOT reduce
the risk taken in giving the loan.  Just makes the honest poor
people pay the way for the dishonest ones.  When it all boils
down the bottom line is, stealing should be illegal.

And, starting in 2013, Medical device manufacturers will have to
pay a 2.3% tax on sales of equipment. That cost will get passed
directly on to the end user. Brilliant! 

Also, currently, Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code allows
taxpayers to deduct up to $139,000 of depreciation on qualifying
new and used assets placed into service during the 2011 tax year.
Starting in 2013, the current legislation has reduced the
deduction to $25,000. Seems to me our government doesn't want the
sales of equipment in the Health Care Market. Equipment sales
will no doubt really drop off starting in 2012 and more layoffs
will happen in the Health Care Equipment industry.

I work for a healthcare system, and almost everything I've
experienced has been because of Liability. If tort reform were
invoked, I would expect to see healthcare costs drop.

All you have to do is sit in front of a tv, and every other
commercial is for a law firm trying to attract customers who MAY
have had, or MAY know, someone who was affected by this or that.

I haven't heard of any part of Obamacare that deals with this.
Probably because it's all about turning healthcare over to the
government - which is inefficient and unable to balance a budget
in it's own right.