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

To: TimF who wrote (6282)	3/7/2009 5:39:49 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

" but the Insurance Department says it meets the definition: charging a regular fee to provide a benefit in case of an unforeseen event, such as an illness or injury." So if I subscribe to a fixed rate phone plan or buy a monthly membership in a gym, that's insurance? I might be concerned about extraordinary long distance usage some month or gain some weight and have to go the the gym more often to work it off, after all so what I'm buying must be insurance. Ya gotta admire the creativity... "At least two other states have grappled with whether to consider such arrangements insurance, reaching different conclusions." I guess the conclusion reached is a function of the size of the various lobbies and their abilities to spin. "Critics say they siphon much-needed primary care doctors from insurance networks and raise questions about equity — especially models that promise to make doctors more available to the fee-paying patients. " Or a function of the dominant ideology. My goodness, a successful business model might result in the need for more employees and an attractive employment opportunity for workers. Oh, the horror! Next we'll have to put a clamp on big tippers because they get better service in their favorite restaurants.