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This actually isn't the real divide. The only reason the mandatory coverage provision was proposed was to protect the insurance companies. Otherwise, if we impose a prohibition on preexisting coverage exclusions people could just wait until they got sick to buy insurance.
The key difference is that most Democrats want to extend coverage to everybody and control costs, whereas Republicans want to enrich the insurance and drug companies and are not concerned about expanding coverage to people who can't afford it now.
This actually isn't the real divide. The only reason the mandatory coverage provision was proposed was to protect the insurance companies. Otherwise, if we impose a prohibition on preexisting coverage exclusions people could just wait until they got sick to buy insurance..
Well it was clear in today's health summit that the republicans do not favor the mandate, which you would think they would if your argument were true. Both seemed to favor imposing the pre-existing condition restriction. The Republicans would do that and then allow premiums on everyone in the individual market to explode. The Democrats seem to take the more rational approach of everyone pays so the cost is spread across a larger pool. I'm not sure though that this will really work unless you get rid of employer based insurance which with an individual mandate would make the pool really huge and spread risk much more effectively. Don't understand why they don't just mandate the federal employee health plan for younger folks and extend Medicare to thos 50+ who are difficult to insure.
I don't think the government should mandate that people buy from private companies, nor should it require employers do so. We should either nationalize the Health Care Industry or go to a Medicare for all single payer system
This actually isn't the real divide. The only reason the mandatory coverage provision was proposed was to protect the insurance companies. Otherwise, if we impose a prohibition on preexisting coverage exclusions people could just wait until they got sick to buy insurance.
The key difference is that most Democrats want to extend coverage to everybody and control costs, whereas Republicans want to enrich the insurance and drug companies and are not concerned about expanding coverage to people who can't afford it now.
Eh...if Dems really wanted to extend coverage to everyone and control costs, they would go to a single-payer system or something like the German system.
Both parties want to enrich the insurance companies and drug companies.
One person on Democratic underground said it very well, " People will not be helped by the government unless private industry can profit at the same time."
I do favor a mandate. It is interesting to note than the mandate was actually originally a Republican idea.
Now, obviously the issue of being able to afford it is a biggie, which is why the mandate language in it will have subsidies to cover those who can't afford it. A key problem in the cost of healthcare is what happens with those who do not have coverage when they seek emergency treatment. If they can't afford the treatment they receive, well that $$ needs to be recouped somehow, and everyone winds up paying for it anyway.
I take it that you and Hipp don't know that the WHO is a UN organization and they want us to appear to be something we surely aren't.
Did you hear Dick Durbin talking about where he wanted to be if he got really sick, today at the dog and pony show? He said the US is where he wants to be. Darned old Democrat lefty doesn't agree with so many of the progressives of his party.
With the system now, my answer is yes. Because this is the break down of my visit to the ER:
me $300
guy left of me who doesn't have insurance $300
guy right of me who doesn't have insurance $300
Final bill: $2900 (plus 2K for administration costs )
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