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- Sep 16, 2009
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Here are some basic parts to it. I have other things I would like to see as well, but this is the basis for discussion.
- No mandates for special coverages that folks wouldn't buy on their own. IE, Slacker insurane and the like
- Expanded Health Savings Acccunt High Deductible plans
- tort reform to make sure there is a better match with causation, harm and compensation.
- basic plans available nationwide and nationwide competion on plans
- wider choice in what you want to insure and what you don't need to insure. Why are gay guys mandated to buy pregnancy insurance?
They're all bad ideas.
1. Everyone should have insurance whether he wants it or not. The community won't allow anyone to die for lack of insurance so we'll have to pay for the slackers who can't pay for their own health care.
2. Health Savings Accounts distort the insurance market. They take young and healthier persons out and leave older and less healthy. That raises costs. As matters of good risk management and public policy,the market should be as larger as possible.
3. "Tort reform" is a scam. It has been proven to have little effect on health care costs and health care access.
4. Nationwide marketing allows health insurance companies to drive health insurance regulation to the lowest possible level by shopping-around to find the most lenient state.
5. I don't think that's an issue. As far I as I know, men aren't forced to buy pregnancy insurance.
Where, in the Constitution, does it grant congress the power to force Americans to buy something? That is an outrage!
I agree, although I am totally in support of some kind reform. On the state level.
This, IMO, should cease to be a priority agenda for the dems - until they bring the best and the brightest business minds together and offer some real option, to the people!!
Why any American would trust this in the hands of politicians, is beyond me.