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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (47714)	9/19/2008 11:22:51 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224706

McCain's plan actually has merit, I feel, in the sense that employers should no longer be in the health insurance business. However, before we dump the baby out with the bath water we need to have a system in place that broadens the base to insure everyone - one way or another. If left to their own devices private insurers would cherry pick and insure only non-smokers under 30 and charge absurd rates for everyone else - and forget about pre-existing conditions. The folks who need insurance still would not be able to afford it. From the McCain website: John McCain understands that those without prior group coverage and those with pre-existing conditions have the most difficulty on the individual market, and we need to make sure they get the high-quality coverage they need. What he fails to explain is how that would happen. His program gets into a boatload of buzzwords - coordinated, promote, reform, improve, reduce, encourage, emphasize, promoting - but I'm skeptical they will lead to any near term resolution. Medicare is in trouble, IMHO, because it covers the elderly, a high risk group. It's time enlarge the program to broaden the base and spread the risk among the population as a whole. It's time to revamp the system, not put more band aids on it.