Originally Posted by kane

To some degree I think it will. Take me for example. I have asthma and I can't buy health insurance that will cover anything asthma related (although if I lived in a different state I might be able to) so I pay for my medicine and any asthma related expenses out of pocket. If my health insurance covered asthma it would free up more money for me to spend each month on other things. Now I am the kind of person who would just put that money in savings or invest it in something, but others would use it to go out to dinner or buy other things. They would be putting that money back into their local economies and not into the pocket of a pharmaceutical company. If there are 20 million people who had a few extra hundred dollars per month to spend, it could be a nice little boost. It won't be huge, but it could be something.

Also the overall cost of medical care should drop because there will be far fewer people who don't pay. When someone goes to the hospital or doctor and doesn't pay that cost is passed on to those that do. Without those pass on costs the overall cost of healthcare should come down which will save people even more money.