Single Payer Suitors

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by scottw

private companies can't arbitrarily "cut out" people, have you ever seen the state to state health insurance regulations???

By cut out, I meant not take new customers. In most states, an insurance company doesn't have to pay for anything related to what they can "prove" as a pre-existing condition. I use "prove" loosely, as they refuse treatment for whatever reason they want and then the customer is force to take them to court.

only healthy 20-30 somethings??? there aren't that many of those if the private companies decide to "only" insure them and many don't bother with health insurance in that age group anyway, those that are insured are likely under company plans and as Det said, companies will be very quick to move the burden/responsibility to the "government option".....

You're correct many don't bother, right now. But they will have to have insurance when this passes. You obviously need to read up on the actual bill as well I see. Companies can't use the government option as a way of not paying for employee health care.

the national plan will simply refuse you treatment...then where do you go?

First, many treatments are frivolous and unnecessary. Second, the current bill does not include anything where the national plan can simply refuse treatment.


Here's the principle issue with your argument.

and as Det said...

Learn the actual facts for yourself. Listening to you guys is like being 12 years old and playing the telephone game, where a person tells you something and then you say the same thing to the person next to you but with one or two words changed.