The Affordable Care Act is a reset button for the medical insurance industry. This is why they did not panic as the program was rolled out. They helped write the rules, set the deductibles far higher than they were before - for both private and so-called subsidized plans - and expand the market in terms of coverages now mandated under ACA rules. Now they can be portrayed as the "good guys" by retroactively fixing the problems with the roll out, and at the same time stick a collective foot in the door in claiming damages. Nothing but a future rate negotiation strategy. Of course, government money will be spent to make the problem go away. But as the government already mandates insurance coverage, the ACA serves as yet one more shining example of corporate welfare dreamed up by the best minds our business schools have to offer. It may help pay the exorbitant bills, but our nation risks having the lifeblood drained from our economy.
frank - 10 years ago
Hey Poll Daddy. It's going on 2 weeks now since the last query. Have you gotten brain freeze from the polar vortex caused by all the man made global warming?
frank - 10 years ago
Follow me here. For the most part our elected officials are lawyers. They have been the ones who have profited the most by sueing insurance companies. That is the reason there will never be any real tort reform. That is the reason medical costs have gotten so out of reach, the doctors have to pay exorbitant rates to the insurance companies that are trying to stay ahead of the lawyers, that are always sueing them on their way to getting elected. If the insurance companies get bailout money, there's enough left in the pot to pay the lawsuits by future and former politicians. Make sense?
John - 10 years ago
It was no botch job- the train wreck was deliberate. Obama wanted single payer from the get-go and he is going to get his way... this is just a means to it.
red - 10 years ago
If the government told the insurers that they would pick up the risk & the insurers didn't get the young people to buy policies, why should the insurers be left holding the bag?
We can't afford medicare or mediaid should we stop providing those bail outs?
Tony F - 10 years ago
You spelled "receive" wrong.
frank - 10 years ago
Het POLLDADDY, Here's a question you should ask. " Does anyone believe the persons responsible for the ACA should be held accountable, up to and including criminal prosicution. This includes the authors of this piece of c&%#, all the way up to the people who voted for it without reading it, and farther up to the bozo who thinks he can just keep changing it till it suits him." I know its a long question, but I'd love to see some thoughts on it.
The Affordable Care Act is a reset button for the medical insurance industry. This is why they did not panic as the program was rolled out. They helped write the rules, set the deductibles far higher than they were before - for both private and so-called subsidized plans - and expand the market in terms of coverages now mandated under ACA rules. Now they can be portrayed as the "good guys" by retroactively fixing the problems with the roll out, and at the same time stick a collective foot in the door in claiming damages. Nothing but a future rate negotiation strategy. Of course, government money will be spent to make the problem go away. But as the government already mandates insurance coverage, the ACA serves as yet one more shining example of corporate welfare dreamed up by the best minds our business schools have to offer. It may help pay the exorbitant bills, but our nation risks having the lifeblood drained from our economy.
Hey Poll Daddy. It's going on 2 weeks now since the last query. Have you gotten brain freeze from the polar vortex caused by all the man made global warming?
Follow me here. For the most part our elected officials are lawyers. They have been the ones who have profited the most by sueing insurance companies. That is the reason there will never be any real tort reform. That is the reason medical costs have gotten so out of reach, the doctors have to pay exorbitant rates to the insurance companies that are trying to stay ahead of the lawyers, that are always sueing them on their way to getting elected. If the insurance companies get bailout money, there's enough left in the pot to pay the lawsuits by future and former politicians. Make sense?
It was no botch job- the train wreck was deliberate. Obama wanted single payer from the get-go and he is going to get his way... this is just a means to it.
If the government told the insurers that they would pick up the risk & the insurers didn't get the young people to buy policies, why should the insurers be left holding the bag?
We can't afford medicare or mediaid should we stop providing those bail outs?
You spelled "receive" wrong.
Het POLLDADDY, Here's a question you should ask. " Does anyone believe the persons responsible for the ACA should be held accountable, up to and including criminal prosicution. This includes the authors of this piece of c&%#, all the way up to the people who voted for it without reading it, and farther up to the bozo who thinks he can just keep changing it till it suits him." I know its a long question, but I'd love to see some thoughts on it.