Government run health care

[blue]

That has nothing to do with .gov. It's how insurance is written, period.

Roll your eyes all you want, reality is reality.

Group policies are absolute BS, they make it cheaper for the company selling the insurance and not making the product cheaper for the consumer. .gov thinking is group policy and it will cost us more. Men in Mass dont need IVF insurance but they have to pay for it anyway, and the cost of insurance has gone Up in Mass since insurance coverage became mandatory.

Getting rid of group policies for individuals will make insurance Co's work harder, but it can make policies for individuals cheaper.

You may be willing to pay for insurance you dont need, but Im not. Oh wait, I dont have insurance, and I think .gov healthcare is a bad idea.

[Lady's Human]

Getting rid of group policies for individuals will make insurance Co's work harder, but it can make policies for individuals cheaper.

You may be willing to pay for insurance you dont need, but Im not. Oh wait, I dont have insurance, and I think .gov healthcare is a bad idea.

Okay, let's write an individual policy......

You're a male, (cost just went up, we have a tendency to take lousy care of ourselves), some former mil experience (cost just went up again, tend to be risk takers), over 30 (Cost rises again).......ad nauseum. Exactly how does that make a policy cheaper, unless you're an 18 to 20 something male in good physical shape with no outside risk factors added in?

Group policies are written to spread the risk of the coverage over a larger group, and mitigate the risk of an individual. The bigger the group, the less impact one individual will have on the costs of the group.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Don't forget the brain surgery....

[blue]

Okay, let's write an individual policy......

You're a male, (cost just went up, we have a tendency to take lousy care of ourselves), some former mil experience (cost just went up again, tend to be risk takers), over 30 (Cost rises again).......ad nauseum. Exactly how does that make a policy cheaper, unless you're an 18 to 20 something male in good physical shape with no outside risk factors added in?

Group policies are written to spread the risk of the coverage over a larger group, and mitigate the risk of an individual. The bigger the group, the less impact one individual will have on the costs of the group.

You are a member of a union arent you?

[Edwina's Secretary]

LH...the part of this that really has me chuckling is....the proposal to have "individual insurance" is closer to the communist concept of healthcare than ANYTHING that has come out of Washington.

Wouldn't that be called..."from each according to his ability - to each according to his need?"

Looks like we may have found a ....

[blue]

For clarity Individual Insurance would be paid for by the Individual, not .gov.

[Lady's Human]

You are a member of a union arent you?

And that has exactly what to do with anything?

Oh, I forgot, we're all thugs intimidating the town hall attendees.

You're an electrician, aren't you?

[blue]

And that has exactly what to do with anything?

Group thinking, cant get a good contract or job on your own.

Oh, I forgot, we're all thugs intimidating the town hall attendees.

Where did I say all union members are thugs? Only the union members beating people up at TH meeting were the thugs.

You're an electrician, aren't you?

I am a licensed electrician, and I have never been a union member. I can make my own deals for work, I dont need some union suit to do it for me.

[Lady's Human]

Blue, I'm going to leave it at this:

You have no earthly clue who you're speaking with or what you're speaking about.

[blue]

Blue, I'm going to leave it at this:

You have no earthly clue who you're speaking with

Well duh, Capt. Obvious.

or what you're speaking about.

Wrong.