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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Do you honestly see anyone regulating the insurance companies and forcing them to cover people and their families who for any reason have stopped paying? You could have an accident tomorrow, I hope not, that stopped you working, and a few months later find you're not covered and in need of a lot of medical care. You have no choice you mortgage your house.  |
Obviously you have to pay in either system, whether it's an increase in cost of living through heavy taxes or a fee for private health insurance. FYI, if you lose your job and can't pay for insurance there are govt run hospitals, and it's illegal to deny emergency medical care to anyone, (even for illegal immigrants). It's not like if you're uninsured and you get in an accident you have to fork over cash before they will treat you.
Now as far as regulation, well that's already happening..
It's just unfortunate Obama and the idiot democrats feel they need to 'overhaul' the system and make it more complicated than it needs to be.
In the current bill that just passed here are few of the regulations against insurance companies.
Insurance companies are barred from dropping people from coverage when they get sick.
Lifetime coverage limits eliminated.
Reinsurance program to help companies maintain health coverage for early retirees between the ages of 55 and 64.
Payments to insurers offering Medicare Advantage services are frozen at 2010 levels.
Health plans no longer can exclude people from coverage due to pre-existing conditions.