medicare medicaid Schip VA , health insurance competition made illegal
catching on now?
Medicare is a government insurance program.
The VA is a benefit for veterans that served, some under extremely life threatening conditions and many incurred injuries, both physical and mental, that they would not have received in the civilian world. I do not consider the VA socialist in nature.
Medicaid and Schip are socialist giveaway programs.
I do agree that Medicare is not a self sustaining program, but what government program is?
Making it legal for health insurance companies to compete across state lines would substantially lower the cost IMHO.
Gerogia made it legal to compete across state lines; but no company did it
Reasons for the lack of interest could mainly be due to the fact that many health insurance companies are waiting until the Supreme Court makes a decision on health care reform. Instead of acting, many health insurers seem to be in a waiting pattern.