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To: i-node who wrote (748710)	10/22/2013 3:53:40 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1585800

There is no evidence of that at all; and if they did they would be subject to massive lawsuits. It was a propaganda device, nothing more. Read it again man...industry insiders testified to as much. "In the spirit of the recently passed health reform legislation, UnitedHealthcare moved quickly to eliminate the practice of rescission, except in cases of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of material fact," UnitedHealthcare President Gail Boudreaux said in a statement, according to Reuters. reportingonhealth.org Yes, and I support the idea of dealing with this problem. But Obamacare simply wasn't necessary to do that. Many, if not most, states had a sort of "assigned risk" pool that did an adequate job. But legislation that created an assigned risk pool would have worked fine, subsidized by taxpayers, which would have been far more cost-effective than what we ended up with. Next time the repubs take office they can legislate instead of doing sweet fuck all about any of this...which is what they did in the past when they held office. Al