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

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (16032)	4/2/2010 10:55:48 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

As I understand it, the longer you avoid buying insurance the more it will cost you. Technically that's true in a certain sense. $695 one year, than another $695 for the next, means your total cost is going up each year. But most or perhaps essentially all insurance plans will cost you more. We have the whole world as an example... No we don't have a single other country with this plan. (and even if they did using them as an example would be rather complex since you'd have to measure a multitude of things, many of which are difficult to measure, and you'd have to adjust for differences between the countries that are not part of the government's legislative and regulatory plans for the health care insurance industry (and those other things make a larger difference, than the different ways government regulates the health insurance industry).

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (16032)	4/2/2010 10:56:28 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 42652

the longer you avoid buying insurance the more it will cost you.....and it might be rather severe in the final analysis.. Which nullifies the goal of making coverage available for those with pre-existing conditions.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (16032)	4/3/2010 9:45:58 AM
From: Lane3	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

We have the whole world as an example... We have the whole world as an example of what? Has anyone isolated the variables to determine which features in which parts of the world caused which results? Don't think so. Folks that make those arguments are basically saying that because Joe turned out to be a great guy and we want to raise great guys, all families should all eat pizza on Saturdays because that's what Joe's family did when he was growing up. I'm exaggerating, but not by much... <g>