Health insurance

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Originally Posted by spence

I'm curious what people think the government should enforce in regards to health insurance regulation.

One thing that I think is really bad, is how insurance companies are dropping coverage because some people just aren't that profitable.

Pre-existing condition? Well, your new insurance won't cover that...

Loose your job? Get COBRA for 7-800 a month for a while...then you're screwed.

Those who actually read my posts know I'm not for a single payer system and don't necessarily advocate the public option.

That being said, reform is certainly necessary even if it cuts into corporate profits.

What say you?

-spence

the way that his question is phrased indicates that he is oblivious to any problems existing in healthcare that are not somehow the fault of the private sector, it's evil ceo's and it's management and the delivery of these services, no indication or admission that government's role in healthcare through legislation has led to the exploding costs, just the suggestion that the only way to "make it better" is for government to attach more leaches to the private sector in the form of harsh regulation, his examples regarding what's wrong are simplistic and inaccurate as usual...this is the fundamental reason for the huge impass with healthcare reform, the left is of the mind that the only way to "fix" healthcare is with massive government regulation, take over, dictates and control, unfortunately, they fail to recognize that the other programs currently run by government that you can look to as models of failure are what in fact are currently bankrupting the system, "the socialists(and their programmes) are running out of other peoples money" as Thatcher and Buck indicate and the typical solution from the left is for government to envelop a private sector entity and feed off of it's flesh for a while, until it collapses and dies and then government will move onto another victim (source of cash).....the necessary fixes for healthcare require government to get out of healthcare and reduce the regulatory demands that are put on the system and burden it with over regulation and let competition in the market reduce overall costs...just as with the housing crisis, it is government inserting itself into the system and dictating to the service providers what must and must not be done, or else..that leads to disaster...but a disaster that benefits the BIG government types because it gives them the excuse to insert themselves further of take over and run things themselves..