Of the 45 million uninsured, 12 million are illegal aliens and 26 million can afford but do not choose to have insurance. So we are really talking about just 7 million people who need or want insurance. For about $25 billion we can buy them an insurance policy, not pass some 1,000 page bill that will cost a trillion bucks. The FEAR MACHINE has caught another victim.
On Aug 13, 8:35 pm, sILVER bELLE <[email protected]> wrote: > sILVER bELLE > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Why haven't Insurance Companies Tapped the 45 Million Uninsured > Americans as a new source of income? > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:40:09 -0500 > > There's a GREAT organization calledwww.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. > > </html > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your vacation photos on your > phone!http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?&OCID=0809T... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
