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

To: Brumar89 who wrote (35822)	4/14/2014 10:53:54 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

I'm not sure how it is a surprise to anyone; that is, after all, the point of "open enrollment". If insurance companies do give in, logical shoppers will ask, "Why bother? I'll get it when I need it." I damned well might choose to roll the dice myself if I knew I could get insurance when I got sick, taking my chances that it won't be an emergency. And I don't think I've gone a day without insurance since the early 70s. The interesting thing will be whether they will report the number of insureds lost each month as a result of very little new coverage being issued while attrition continues. I can guarantee you right now that you will never hear the administration say, "Uh, we actually lost a few insureds this month." Even if it happens.