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What is it? Ending insurers’ right to ban pre-existing conditions. Period.
Puzzle it out. As a parallel, I suggest looking at civil rights. It is the discrimination which must be eliminated in order to enact reform.
Unless discriminatory practices are illegal, the rest doesn’t matter. Period. Insurers understand this. The public option, lifetime caps, premium subsidies, single [...]
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Amid the roar of pundits, politicians and people, a quieter and more significant theme emerges: Whether or not there is a public option, the Senate and House reform bills DO represent real, badly needed health insurance AND care reform.
Now that the big “debate the bill” vote is passed, we have a week for pundits on [...]
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The public option contained in the House Bill today is actually not as watered-down as many might think. It’s certainly better than what the Energy and Commerce Committee had in their version, but it’s also not as great as the Medicare +5 option might have been.
The Public Option
Here are the key points, with some nods [...]
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Bobby Jindal’s remarkable article in today’s Washington Post makes a conservative case for health reform by outlining a 10-point plan that looks very much like the plan that President Obama outlined in his September speech to the joint session of Congress back in September.
Let’s compare:
Voluntary Purchasing Pools. Check. In the Democrats’ bill, they’re called [...]
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Throughout this summer’s debate and under all the noise, there’s been a slow, steady drumbeat for single payer health care to replace the piecemeal reforms on the table.
I like single payer. I like the concept and I like the idea of paying a flat amount each year to know that if I get sick, I [...]
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True story: Early in my career I worked for a life insurance company as a policyholder service representative. My specific area of expertise (and what led me into the pension business) was annuities and IRAs. The vast majority of my day was spent explaining to (justifiably) angry policyholders why their annuity was worth $225.00 or [...]
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