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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (156396)	6/29/2001 3:52:24 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

It is NOT a transfer of risk to the government. It is simply an attempt to avoid risk. You can't actually believe that. Carriers and HMOs know very well that they can "reduce their risk" with impunity because the government will not allow people to die in the streets. Meanwhile they have a high-powered lobbying program going to make sure the govt. doesn't force the risk back on them---or even hold them accountable. If you don’t like the goods, you really don’t have to buy them. Huh? The "goods" are not even being offerred. I have to suggest again that you are seriously underinformed here. Here's a scenario: Mom has an auto-immune disorder. She has insurance and her kid is on the plan as well. Mom decides to do some checking on her kid and discovers to her shock that the kid, a ten year old girl, has a +ANA and also shows + for anti-cardiolipin antibody. This means there's a possibility of miscarriages, blood clots and even stroke later. If Mom changes jobs, the kid is screwed because the best she will get is limited coverage. And the carrier can claim practically anything short of an MVA is related to the pre-existing condition. So how is that a matter of choice? Fortunately there is competition in the health care world. Rather than simply grinding rates down for the sake of attracting customers, but at the same time limiting services. Some HMOs actually are raising rates and providing more coverage. Embark upon a lifestyle that maximizes health. Try telling that to the ten year old without looking like an arrogant elitist. Well, I think competing corporations generally do a much better job at most things than the federal government. You mean like the EPA, FCC, NIH, FDA, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Energy? Gimme a break. The fox is nearly in charge of the henhouse already.