Reply #21: Implied assumption [View All]

[zipplewrath]

I keep having to write this, not uncommon on DU, but implied in your post is the assumption that the current Health Insurance Reform will some how make this different or better. It isn't clear at all that it will make things better, and for you, and those like you, it could make things much worse. Imagine that bill now being $1800 because your employer was avoiding having a "cadillac" plan. Imagine having to bear the full cost of that visit because your plan had a $3000 "deductible" that had to be met before it paid a dime. Imagine that now, your wife will be classified as having a "pre-existing condition" which now allows them to increase your premiums to 300% of what you currently pay. There are alot of loop holes in the current legislation that benefit the insurance companies, and little concrete protections for the consumers. Be careful about your assumptions about the Senate version, or the House for that matter. It's why the Public Option was so important. It gave people a choice between the commercial, for profit, policies and health insurance that would be run by and for the people.