On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net<dsummersmi...@comcast.net> wrote:
> But, if I were to pay > as myself, then any health issues would put me in the 40k/year bracket. I > could probably afford it, but most folks can't. So, after one big illness, > you're dropped, and that's it. The problems you are talking about are mostly transition problems -- how do we get there from here? There would almost certainly need to be government involvement in any transition to a consumer-driven system, since the government is already so heavily involved and people have planned on that. But after a (probably decades long) transitional period, there would be a lot more choices for health insurance than there are now. There would be numerous long-term (5-10 year) policies, lifetime policies, catastrophics policies, health-status insurance, etc. The government could still help with those who would have otherwise slipped through the cracks, using subsidies and/or vouchers. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
