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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (115918)	7/20/2009 5:41:27 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 541985

>>How will this not happen? << A single payer system wouldn't do this... awarding it on a lotto basis to multiple players might help distribute the pain. There is no value added in having Dilbert's boss in the loop as it seems we have now. My whole family should be on the same plan. If the US government changed private contractors every three years to spread the pain, maybe that is okay. These insurance companies seem to provide a level of bureaucracy that only seeks to dump the highest risk people or avoid treating conditions. That is no benefit to anyone but them, so these Insurance companies are candidates for elimination IMO. My wife and I are seeing a nearly 100% error rate as the insurance companies try to mix her lesser coverage with my better coverage (unsuccessfully and inaccurately). How do the 80 IQ people handle this? They probably get screwed. At least the arbitrary "birthday rule" helps keep the bureaucracy down for the kids. From my experience, no one wants to pay, and everyone thinks it is the problem and fault of someone else (usually the doctor, hospital or patient).