Archive for April 8th, 2008
Playing Dominos With Healthcare
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Here’s the scenario, I’d welcome anybody explaining to me why this wouldn’t happen.
1) We pass laws stating that private healthcare companies must cover all patients that walk in the door, regardless of illness.
2) We also pass laws that state every healthcare company must maintain a base level of health benefits for a minimal cost.
Healthcare companies compete by offering better benefits for less cost to consumers. So as soon as these laws are passed, sick people looking for better benefits pack up their policies and take them to the healthcare company providing the best benefits at the mandated minimal price. That company, in order to stay afloat, drops health benefits for all its customers down to the minimum level at a maximum cost in order to stay in business. Consumers then leave this company and head to the next company offering the best benefits. This continues until all private healthcare companies are offering the same minimal level of benefits required by law for the maximum price allowed by law. What we end up with is basic care for all, with incredibly high priced premium benefit policies only very few can afford. This would also accelerate the current trend of companies giving up offering health benefits, since those policies would rise in cost as healthcare companies look for ways to increase revenue.
The only way to prevent this would be to include laws that place caps on the number of high cost consumers private insurance companies have to accept based on the size of their pool. But I don’t see that in any healthcare proposal out there.
Clinton Video
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I have to admit, I agree with the sentiment here. Not even a Clinton can beat the MSM once they turn on you. Link. Republicans have been dealing with bias for years but it’s never been as personal as it’s been with Clinton. Good lord? I’m actually feeling a little sorry for her? Ack. I have to be honest, in this race I was really looking forward to the Republicans running against Clinton, and beating her. But not in the way the Democratic primary has played out.
