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Originally Posted by dogzilla
The insurance premiums I pay today go into an insurance pool. The other employees also pay their own money into the insurance pool. That pool pays for each person's medical expenses plus insurance plan expenses. So no, I am not paying for someone else's premiums. They pay the 'buy in cost' to the insurance plan
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I think rahl was referring to the fact that everyone currently insured or paying for healthcare are paying for the uninsured via higher prices charged by hospitals, etc.. and therefore higher premiums charged by insurance companies.
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Originally Posted by samcol
Forcing insurance companies to cover people with pre existing conditions sounds kind of like buying fire insurance for your house as it's burning imo. I'm not sure how that's supposed to work...
Also, how is the tab for this group of people going to be picked up? It sounds like those of us already struggling to get by are going to be picking up much of it.
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As I understand it one of the major ways we will be paying for it is by forcing everyone to buy insurance and expanding the pool.