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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Koligman who wrote (2509)	10/30/2007 11:39:03 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

They insure very different things, but they are comparable in just about every other way. Health insurance might be much more important, but that doesn't mean it can be operated as a free give away any more than auto insurance can be. If you want massive charitable contributions to people for health insurance than say that. If you want a large government program to take care of it than say that. But whatever you want the idea of having health insurance companies obligated to accept people with severe pre-existing conditions, and not charge them high rates, is as ridiculous as having auto insurance companies acccept wrecked cars and than write them up for full pre-cash value, or home owner's insurance companies accept homes that have already been destroyed or heavily damaged, and then pay as if the house was in prestine condition when the policy was written. Your asking for health insurance companies to be forced to accept insurance fraud. Put that in place and pretty soon you don't have any health insurance companies.