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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (550243)2/16/2010 12:50:55 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (2) of 1575627
 
"we should couple the mandate with an implementation scheme that is driven by private enterprise, with the government ensuring that no monopolies can take root and that competition is encouraged."

If you're hinting at the GOP proposal to allow purchase of insurance across state lines, that's fine but I invite you to try and pick a policy from just the state you live in right now. I suggest looking at a Medicare Advantage program as there are dozens and dozens available in every state. Medicare.com will give you a list. Then try and make a comparison....Medicare will help you with this. And then try reading the info available from the insurance company and understand it, really understand what they are saying. I have done this and it is a total, if not impossible, nightmare. The provisions offered are parsed or not mentioned at all... In some cases you will see offers that allegedly cost you nothing beyond your Medicare B payments. After spending 2 1/2 weeks spending every afternoon searching, calling, and trying to understand I finally opted for a plan offered by my former employer whom I trusted to do the detail work. Now imagine if the general population had to do what I did!! If 20 million have to pay someone to fill out their 1040EZ tax form, how many would analyze insurance policies except by throwing a dart.??
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