Saturday, October 3, 2009

Will Insurers Balk At Weakening of Individual Insurance Mandate

By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer
Oct 02, 2009

"Health insurers have held their fire as Congress debates payment cuts, new fees and taxes and more regulation for their industry. Now the question is: Will they balk – or walk – if lawmakers continue to weaken a requirement that people carry insurance?"
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Comment:

If you ignore all the politics and special interest bombardment and think about it what we are seeing here is a zeroing in on is one huge group insurance policy.

When everybody is in the pool, all of the majority of healthy people are paying for services they may not need often and the ones who really need the help are paying the same low rates.

Everybody gets the help they need and nobody gets to die young because they can't afford medical help.

Some of the side benefits are less workers off because they are sick and more productive workers because they are healthier and feel more like working.

Let's face it, a healthier nation is a more productive nation. Everybody wins.

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