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Old 12-29-2009, 10:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rahl View Post
But you are adding HIGH RISK people to the pool. These people are largely uninsurable. They either don't work, or have some debilitating condition that has precluded them from obtaining insurance in the past. By adding these people, the rest of us will have to make up the difference in order to cover their considerable medical costs. NOBODY'S premium is going to go down because of this. At best they will increase by about 8 to 10%.
Please provide any (objective, non-partisan) data you have to support your contention that most of the added are HIGH RISK or that increases will be about 8-10% and dont just throw numbers out in the air.

The non-partisan CBO analysis came to a conclusion completely counter to yours...most of those currently uninsured are not high risk and most of those currently in employer-based group plans will see a marginal descrease or no increase in premiums.
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