@SBW: “What you miss is this; You can not be dropped, and if your premiums go up beyond a point, the Government will set the rate FOR the Insurance Company from then on.”
You clearly have no concept of how insurance works. Governmental control over rates is not only undemocratic (i.e. socialistic), but it’s a certain way to destroy an industry. Insurance rates are based on claim payouts. You want lower rates, lower the cost of providing the coverage. Tort reform is the ONLY way to do that. Government takeover of healthcare (i.e. Single-payer) is not a solution to the problem. There’s a reason Canada is looking to switch to private insurance, why countries like England and Norway pay 50% of their income in taxes (yes, around 50%), and MA is hemmorhaging money at the seams. Single payer Does. Not. Work. It’s a money sink.
Health Insurance is a commodity. Health Services are commodities. You /purchase/ them. They are not /rights/. And by God, they are not something that should be forced on us by a Beuracracy.
@SBW: “What you miss is this; You can not be dropped, and if your premiums go up beyond a point, the Government will set the rate FOR the Insurance Company from then on.”
You clearly have no concept of how insurance works. Governmental control over rates is not only undemocratic (i.e. socialistic), but it’s a certain way to destroy an industry. Insurance rates are based on claim payouts. You want lower rates, lower the cost of providing the coverage. Tort reform is the ONLY way to do that. Government takeover of healthcare (i.e. Single-payer) is not a solution to the problem. There’s a reason Canada is looking to switch to private insurance, why countries like England and Norway pay 50% of their income in taxes (yes, around 50%), and MA is hemmorhaging money at the seams. Single payer Does. Not. Work. It’s a money sink.
Health Insurance is a commodity. Health Services are commodities. You /purchase/ them. They are not /rights/. And by God, they are not something that should be forced on us by a Beuracracy.