There's a GREAT organization called www.47millionreasons.org
sILVER bELLE > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:56:55 -0700 > Subject: Re: Why haven't Insurance Companies Tapped the 45 Million Uninsured > Americans as a new source of income? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > This appears to be one of the few intelligent thoughtful posts about > health care. > > My questions: What about deductibles and co-payments? > > Are the premiums adequate? > > What if you have multiple sicknesses over many years and it costs much > more than the $250,000? A very sick friend once told me that his bills > were over one million dollars and counting. > > I've been insured for many years and uninsured for long periods of > time in my life. While I was uninsured, I paid cash for everything. > What if you don't want insurance? > > > > On Aug 13, 12:37 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why haven't Insurance Companies Tapped the 45 Million Uninsured > > Americans as a new source of income? > > > > Sean Lewis > > August 12, 2009 > > > > People talk about 'Free Market' solutions. > > > > There are 45 Million Americans who NEED and WANT > > Health Insurance, this would seem to me to be a gold > > mine of new revenue for health Insurance companies > > but strangely the Insurance companies are not > > interested. > > > > This is why there is a need for a public option, > > because the private sector is not offering a solution. > > > > My Solution for the uninsured and unemployed is > > a way to get cheap inexpensive MINIMAL coverage. > > > > Health Care should be bottom up. > > > > $10,000 of health credits per tax payer for preventative care. The > > individual Must get a physical check up each year or lose a portion of > > the benefits. Give the Taxpayer a lifetime Budget of $250,000 for > > medical care of their choosing. Pro rate this by age 18 to 72 at the > > start of this program. > > > > The way to keep medical costs down is early treatment. If a person > > does not address a medical problem reduce their benefits. > > > > This is not to REPLACE medical insurance but to give a minimum level > > of medical care. > > > > Premium cost $100 a month per adult. $50 a month per child. > > For this to work it will have to be mandatory for all uninsured and > > unemployed. The reason for this is a mass group pool across all > > State Lines and Age Groups reduces total premium costs for all. > > > > Without insurance the costs for emergency care is much > > greater for all concerned, the patient, the medical facility, and > > the American public. > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
