When I was in my 20’s I really didn’t want or need health insurance, but when I got a part-time job they had a bare-bones policy that I could actually afford. It had a high co-pay and deductible, but it meant I wouldn’t go bankrupt if I got into a serious accident. I never even used that policy, but for $20 a month, it was worth it. Now the Dems say they’ll decide what kind you policy you will have. Ridiculous!
And, that’s his buiness not mine or the government’s. A bad choice on your part does not create a problem that government needs to solve on my part unless what you decided to do was criminal.
The big insurance companies have made a habit of blaming every messed up thing they do on the ACA. The reality is that most of those things are what they would have done anyway. Dropping coverage, withholding information and jacking the rates are all things they would have done anyway. The weird part is the number of people coming out of the woodwork quite literally demanding to be ripped off by their insurer.
Well, that’s a different aspect of the thing isn’t it? Quite right though. It’s simple extortion, really.
The worst of the MediCare travesty is that under no circumstances can an applicant actually find out anything about coverage on his own. The details of the policies they want to sell you are not available, except to insurance brokers and agents. And no, they don’t make them available either. What they do is ask you questions about your health status (which they assure you you don’t have to answer), and then tell you which policy would ‘best suit your needs’.
What that means is that under force of the threat of penalties and fines (never mind the prospect of dying of something ugly but treatable), you must make a mostly blind selection from a group a broker or agent has determined ‘meets your needs’.
Apparently the only way the US government knows how to deal with it’s constituents is by bullying and threats. I don’t consider that approach to be either civilized or progressive.
Which country on earth has the highest rate of health-expense-caused bankruptcies? Why the one with the “greatest health care system in the world”. Be proud.
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
When I was in my 20’s I really didn’t want or need health insurance, but when I got a part-time job they had a bare-bones policy that I could actually afford. It had a high co-pay and deductible, but it meant I wouldn’t go bankrupt if I got into a serious accident. I never even used that policy, but for $20 a month, it was worth it. Now the Dems say they’ll decide what kind you policy you will have. Ridiculous!
Enoki over 10 years ago
And, that’s his buiness not mine or the government’s. A bad choice on your part does not create a problem that government needs to solve on my part unless what you decided to do was criminal.
AlnicoV over 10 years ago
The big insurance companies have made a habit of blaming every messed up thing they do on the ACA. The reality is that most of those things are what they would have done anyway. Dropping coverage, withholding information and jacking the rates are all things they would have done anyway. The weird part is the number of people coming out of the woodwork quite literally demanding to be ripped off by their insurer.
I Play One On TV over 10 years ago
“Sure thing—the get taxed for not signing up. Of course you liberals call it a fine.”
And what did YOU call it when it became the centerpiece for Medicare Part D? Did you insist on taking it to the Supreme Court?
Hawthorne over 10 years ago
Well, that’s a different aspect of the thing isn’t it? Quite right though. It’s simple extortion, really.
The worst of the MediCare travesty is that under no circumstances can an applicant actually find out anything about coverage on his own. The details of the policies they want to sell you are not available, except to insurance brokers and agents. And no, they don’t make them available either. What they do is ask you questions about your health status (which they assure you you don’t have to answer), and then tell you which policy would ‘best suit your needs’.
What that means is that under force of the threat of penalties and fines (never mind the prospect of dying of something ugly but treatable), you must make a mostly blind selection from a group a broker or agent has determined ‘meets your needs’.
Apparently the only way the US government knows how to deal with it’s constituents is by bullying and threats. I don’t consider that approach to be either civilized or progressive.
pirate227 over 10 years ago
Ignorance is bliss until you get sick.
I Play One On TV over 10 years ago
Which country on earth has the highest rate of health-expense-caused bankruptcies? Why the one with the “greatest health care system in the world”. Be proud.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member over 10 years ago
Health Care would not be so expensive if the doctors took a $200,000 pay cut and malpractice lawsuits were capped at $1 million.
echoraven over 10 years ago
Before the ACA I had a health plan that took care of my needs when I got sick. Like millions of others, that is no longer the case.
Don Winchester Premium Member over 10 years ago
That makes ZERO sense! We ALL have to live with his INCOMPETENCE!!!!