Re: OT: Self Employed Health Insurance Costs and Coverage

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Author: Robert Holtzman
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT: Self Employed Health Insurance Costs and Coverage
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 02:39:06PM -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
> At 12:16 PM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
>


              ............snip.........


>     > We have a problem and it needs to be fixed.  I believe in a free market
>     > solution.

>
>     The health insurance industry has been operating under a free market
>     system forever.

>
>
> Sorry - that is not correct.......big brother govt has had their hand in for
> quite some time, messing up the works.


Oh. That's probably the reason rates have *far* outstripped inflation.
Yup, too much regulation. Couldn't be the profit motive.

          .........snip.........


>
> If 100% of the people bought, we would have much lower pricing


That's a feature of the health care package.....the feature that causes
conservatives to have a stroke.

--
Bob Holtzman
Key ID: 8D549279
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
check the price of the beer"
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