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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (5986)2/10/2009 5:53:31 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
If you spread the risk evenly to the whole population then sure maybe you are getting ripped a bit when you are young... but eventually you will be old and will get a good deal.

That's the way the federal employee program works. The key to that is that once you opt out, you're out. You have to have carried the insurance when you're young to be eligible for it when you're older.

John mentioned in his original post that he'd only had the Blue Cross for two years. Of course under those conditions they would have to adjust rates based on age. For insurance held for a lifetime, not so much.
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