“Inaction could lead to average family premiums rising above $22,000 within a decade.”
By Daniel at 16 August, 2009, 12:33 am
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I admire so much the crystal ball that politicians [of both parties] have at their disposal. Talk about scare tactics, they ALWAYS throw in a ‘worst case scenario’ in order to get their spending bills passed.
Just like the ‘millions and millions of jobs created or saved’ speech when getting the ~$800B stimulus bill rammed down our throats, these numbers can never be proved or disproved.
I’m all for health care reform and I’m all for having affordable health care insurance coverage for everyone; however, I’m NOT for government participation in ANY private industry. The government can legislate the health care industry just as they do the utilities industry without actually creating a government-run program.
The reality is this: no matter how ‘affordable’ health insurance is, there is going to be that portion of the public that will refuse to spend the money to cover themselves or their family until it’s too late, i.e., someone becomes seriously ill or injured. Quite frankly, I don’t blame the insurance company for not wanting to issue a policy to someone who waits this long. Why should all of a sudden they get their expensive health care bills paid for when they’ve paid very little in premiums while those of us have spent years paying premiums? Now, on the other hand, I don’t believe the insurance companies should be able to suddenly cancel a policy or raise premiums if you get sick or injured…they [the companies] can’t have it both ways which is what they’ve been doing.
Let the government legislate to curb and eliminate insurance abuse but stay out of the private industry…it hasn’t worked [for the benefit of the people] in other countries and it won’t work here. We are not a socialized country.
Lee
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