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Old 12-29-2009, 11:24 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rahl View Post
...And you can stick with the CBO projections all you want, but the simple mathematical fact is that if you increase liability you have to increase assets in order to balance out. Taking on people with pre-exs will undisputably increase premiums.
We're not talking about seniors (covered by Medicare) or indigent (covered by Medicaid) or just those with pre-existing conditions.....we're talking, in large part, about millions of hard working people who happen to be employed by a small business where subsidized insurance is not offered or as an alternative and on a personal level, affordable insurance is not available on the current open market.

High risk people? Not in the opinion of many experts.
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