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From: gray asphalt on 6 Apr 2010 07:01 $100/month higher starting in June, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. I wouldn't mind as much if I thought more sick and injured people were really going to get medical help.
From: BAR on 6 Apr 2010 07:39 In article <dwEun.305739$OX4.17064(a)newsfe25.iad>, dontwrite(a)gmail.com says... > > $100/month higher starting in June, > Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. I wouldn't > mind as much if I thought more sick > and injured people were really going > to get medical help. You should write a thank you note to Reid, Pelosi and Obama.
From: dene on 6 Apr 2010 13:41 "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:dwEun.305739$OX4.17064(a)newsfe25.iad... > $100/month higher starting in June, > Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. I wouldn't > mind as much if I thought more sick > and injured people were really going > to get medical help. I have a couple of hundred people to call about their rate increase. Some of it has to do with BC/BS not wanting to have the shiniest apple when the mandate requiring they cover all children without underwriting comes into play. But.....the root cause of rate increases are due to the insured paying the medical bills of the uninsured. Obamacare addresses this and in a few years, premiums will stabilize when the insured pool stabilizes. Until then...fun..fun..fun. -Greg
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 6 Apr 2010 14:35 On Apr 6, 1:41 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "gray asphalt" <dontwr...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:dwEun.305739$OX4.17064(a)newsfe25.iad... > > > $100/month higher starting in June, > > Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. I wouldn't > > mind as much if I thought more sick > > and injured people were really going > > to get medical help. > > I have a couple of hundred people to call about their rate increase. Some > of it has to do with BC/BS not wanting to have the shiniest apple when the > mandate requiring they cover all children without underwriting comes into > play. > > But.....the root cause of rate increases are due to the insured paying the > medical bills of the uninsured. Obamacare addresses this and in a few > years, premiums will stabilize when the insured pool stabilizes. > > Until then...fun..fun..fun. > > -Greg In general, however, the root cause of the increase in health care costs is the tremendous increase in both the quality and availability of health care in the US. This happened in a more or less free market because people want it. Specifically, people will pay more for better, more available care, and IMHO, if polled, would not want to pay less and get lower quality, less available care. An absolute fact is that you cannot get anything other than lower quality and lower availability if you pay less. An absolute lie is the claim you can maintain the increase in quality and availability that people want and are willing to pay for without paying more for it....regardless of the impact it has on the govts desire to provide entitlements.
From: gray asphalt on 6 Apr 2010 14:40
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message news:8219pnFen4U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:dwEun.305739$OX4.17064(a)newsfe25.iad... >> $100/month higher starting in June, >> Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. I wouldn't >> mind as much if I thought more sick >> and injured people were really going >> to get medical help. > > I have a couple of hundred people to call about their rate increase. Some > of it has to do with BC/BS not wanting to have the shiniest apple when the > mandate requiring they cover all children without underwriting comes into > play. > > But.....the root cause of rate increases are due to the insured paying the > medical bills of the uninsured. Obamacare addresses this and in a few > years, premiums will stabilize when the insured pool stabilizes. > > Until then...fun..fun..fun. > > -Greg I've still got one question ... what's to keep a bunch of us from forming our own insurance company, sort of like credit unions vs. banks? |