I gather you are talking about the "young and healthy" you know. The "young and healthy" I know do buy health insurance. And it varies widely. Some go for the minimum, very high deductibles, but have a good sense for the bet/risk they are taking. Others go for as good a policy as they think they can find on the premise that you need insurance for what you can't anticipate happening.
But both categories can be assured their insurance would be better under the ACA, minimum floors, and serious supervision. And that faux health insurance policies, which some of them may well have, will be policed out of the market place.
And, given the newly competitive market place for their purchases, most will get the same coverage or better for less cost. And definitely with more visibility.
If you are arguing that the only problem here is the failure of the Obama folk to do the PR job well, then I agree with you.
Finally, on drawing on anecdotes published in the WSJ. I know you consider it, including it's editorial pages, a good newspaper. But it should be clear now that even their news section is cherry picking stories. In the interests of simply doing your homework, pick another story that carries alternate anecdotes. There are multiple available.
Lois Capp, one of the California Representatives, just offered an illustration from her district. |
