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Old 02-08-2010, 07:19 PM
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Maybe some competition would convince them to bring down their rates

Oh...I forgot....That would be SOCIALISM
People like Avatar just don't get it. There is nothing out there to stop them from raising it to ANYTHING they want. ANYTHING.

I don't understand him being happy with this. He represents so many republicans because they actually have him believing this is a good thing.
Yes...up until the point where he can no longer afford his own insurance
At that point, his fellow republicans would say he didn't plan well.
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Then purchase a policy with a different company that's cheaper. Problem solved.
If you have a pre existing condition, you cant. Problem just starting.....not solved.
my state only has Anthem and one other insurer that insures 88% of the people with health insurance...we have a Duopoly here...both insurers can keep their prices high due to it....

Also, most people get their insurance through their employer who offers only ONE insurance company to cover them....employees have to go with their company plan(s) in order to get their employer to pay the 60%-70% of the cost, as most employers do....most people would NOT be able to afford to go to another insurance company on an individual insurance policy on their own... I priced Anthem last year, for an individual policy for Matt and me, was $25,ooo with a $5k deductible.
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Old 02-08-2010, 07:50 PM
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Health insurance is a scam.

I dropped mine years ago.
No wonder you are so eager for everyone else to pay for your coverage.
Why should I pay an insurance company to lobby Congress to deny me coverage?

Only an idiot would do that.
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Health insurance is a scam.

I dropped mine years ago.
No wonder you are so eager for everyone else to pay for your coverage.
Why should I pay an insurance company to lobby Congress to deny me coverage?

Only an idiot would do that.
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Then purchase a policy with a different company that's cheaper. Problem solved.
If you have a pre existing condition, you cant. Problem just starting.....not solved.
my state only has Anthem and one other insurer that insures 88% of the people with health insurance...we have a Duopoly here...both insurers can keep their prices high due to it....

Also, most people get their insurance through their employer who offers only ONE insurance company to cover them....employees have to go with their company plan(s) in order to get their employer to pay the 60%-70% of the cost, as most employers do....most people would NOT be able to afford to go to another insurance company on an individual insurance policy on their own... I priced Anthem last year, for an individual policy for Matt and me, was $25,ooo with a $5k deductible.
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Old 02-08-2010, 08:20 PM
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No wonder you are so eager for everyone else to pay for your coverage.
Why should I pay an insurance company to lobby Congress to deny me coverage?

Only an idiot would do that.
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Not at all.

I pay for all of my healthcare out of my own pocket.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.

And everyone in my family lives to be 95.

Why should I pay for your bad habits?
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Why should I pay an insurance company to lobby Congress to deny me coverage?

Only an idiot would do that.
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Not at all.

I pay for all of my healthcare out of my own pocket.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.

And everyone in my family lives to be 95.

Why should I pay for your bad habits?
it's nice that your family lives to an age equal to its collective IQ.

good for you, kirky.
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Old 02-08-2010, 08:28 PM
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Not at all.

I pay for all of my healthcare out of my own pocket.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.

And everyone in my family lives to be 95.

Why should I pay for your bad habits?
it's nice that your family lives to an age equal to its collective IQ.

good for you, kirky.
It's nice to know the idiots are still running the asylum.
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Not at all.

I pay for all of my healthcare out of my own pocket.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs.

And everyone in my family lives to be 95.

Why should I pay for your bad habits?
it's nice that your family lives to an age equal to its collective IQ.

good for you, kirky.
It's nice to know the idiots are still running the asylum.
have an almond, remax.
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Anthem Blue Cross customers got a shock this week when the health insurer informed thousands of individual policyholders that their premium rates will jump as much as 39 percent on March 1.


"There aren't any other parts of our society where people have no regard for inflation rate and increase their prices this much. I can't imagine anything in the world that's going up 39 percent," said Josh Libresco, 54, of San Rafael, as he grappled with the news that his family premium will go from $858 per month to $1,192 - and that's with a $5,000 deductible.

Anthem Blue Cross raises premiums
If there were a public option, this would not have happened. The insurance companies have us over a barrel and they know it.
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Anthem Blue Cross customers got a shock this week when the health insurer informed thousands of individual policyholders that their premium rates will jump as much as 39 percent on March 1.


"There aren't any other parts of our society where people have no regard for inflation rate and increase their prices this much. I can't imagine anything in the world that's going up 39 percent," said Josh Libresco, 54, of San Rafael, as he grappled with the news that his family premium will go from $858 per month to $1,192 - and that's with a $5,000 deductible.

Anthem Blue Cross raises premiums
If there were a public option, this would not have happened. The insurance companies have us over a barrel and they know it.
That's why we need a public option. To keep the insurance companies in line.

That's why the Republicans and the Blue Dogs in Congress are fighting it so hard.

The only way to fight back is to drop your insurance. That's what I did.
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Anthem Blue Cross raises premiums 39%
Maybe some competition would convince them to bring down their rates

Oh...I forgot....That would be SOCIALISM
No... adding competition is not socialism

Adding the mythical competition where the governing body forces participation and provides an 'option' where forced redistribution facilitated by government bureaucracy, is not adding competition

But nice try, Mr. Disingenuous
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Maybe some competition would convince them to bring down their rates

Oh...I forgot....That would be SOCIALISM


Of course it would and no, it wouldn't be called socialism, it would be called dropping the foolish restriction of limiting people to purchase within their own state!

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Anthem Blue Cross raises premiums 39%
Maybe some competition would convince them to bring down their rates

Oh...I forgot....That would be SOCIALISM
No... adding competition is not socialism

Adding the mythical competition where the governing body forces participation and provides an 'option' where forced redistribution facilitated by government bureaucracy, is not adding competition

But nice try, Mr. Disingenuous

So whats YOUR solution? Seriouosly, other than saying no, whats your soulution....republicans...
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I have Blud Cross Blue Shield here in Georgia. My policy went up 20%. My wife is a top tennis player and I am in great shape at age 54. NO prescriptions at all and workout weekly.
13 years ago my policy was $2500 a year. 6 1/2 years ago it was 5K a year. This yearit will be 13K.
In 6 1/2years it will be 26K and in 13 years my health premium will be 52K.
Fifty Two thousand dollars a year in 2023 for my health care policy.
And folks claim this is a great country for health care.
What a friggin myth that is.
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