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Originally Posted by rahl
Insurance companies will no longer be able to turn away those with pre-ex's. They can't deny them, so there won't be a flood of people going into the exchange.
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Do you wanna make a wager? If this is not an issue, I will make a charitable donation to your charity of choice, if it is you make a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, on the honor system.
An insurance company can simply stop taking new applicants if the "pre-existing" condition issue is expected to be a problem. So, in 2013 they write as much "profitable" business as possible and basically close their doors in 2014. The rush begins, all the people without insurance with pre-existing conditions go into exchanges. 2015, insurance companies start accepting new clients, or perhaps they don't - because the costs for their pool will be significantly lower and so will the premiums. Perhaps, they start a separate company with separate books - oh, you must get it - insurance companies will have people actually read the law, find the holes, and use them as they see fit. The insurance companies know the battle is not over. Insurance companies know the business better than the folks in Washington.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
because of the documentation behind it ace.
i don't think researchers are calling you up to see if their results are ok with you.
so it's really not important whether you like the information or not.
class stratification of access to medical care is a basic reality.
i hardly expect you to see that because i don't expect you acknowledge the existence of economic classes.
there is a debate in here somewhere that will come---not here---about whether medical care should be understood as a business---whether any of it should be for profit---whether that is ethical at all.
but for the moment of course, what's important are conservative bromides about rational markets and dismissing information about actual problems of access to medical care.
way to go.
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I understand the issues, my point was pretty clear. I started reading the report and right from the start they make a b.s. statement. They could have worded the statement in a manner to make the point and be truthful without the actual implication they made. As the reader, I made an assumption, which is my right, I believe they have a political agenda and truth is secondary.