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In response to "Hmm ... so that's entirely about health insurance availability, not health care costs, right? -- nm" by Beryllium

Not entirely, and certainly not by demographic segment. They remove the ability to do anything that resembles medical underwriting today.

Posted by TFox Sep 16 '09, 16:52

Which simply means that they will be spreading the same costs across everyone, so some of the healthy folks will likely see rate increases, and the sicker folks rate cuts. The fact that the medical industry would be kicking in $15B a year, and that it is projected by CBO to reduce the deficit, means there is definitely some cost components in there, although they may not all be highlighted in this summary.

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And if it's still 568/month (that's AFTER my employer kicks in) for just Crash and me, that bill is basically meaningless. - Trish Sep 16, 17:01 1
- I think the unfortunate truth is, if the types of income numbers they are talking about expecting people to pitch in are around 13%... - TFox Sep 16, 17:04

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Not entirely, and certainly not by demographic segment. They remove the ability to do anything that resembles medical underwriting today.

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