tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post3451402867415555637..comments2023-05-22T07:10:42.612-04:00Comments on Borange: Insurance Companies Determine the Price?La Cootinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-80260866762725370572009-03-17T07:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T07:28:00.000-04:00Yeah, poor people are really crappy lobbyists. The...Yeah, poor people are really crappy lobbyists. They have no idea who to pay off, or how much. Then, there's the problem of actual funds...<BR/><BR/>Still, I hold a glimmer of hope just because the Obamas were community advocates. They've had a front-line view of the system's inequities, as opposed to the congresspigs, who have voted themselves the most comprehensive health benefits on the planet. I say, at the very least, take THAT away from them and make them BUY from the available plans. That would get things moving...La Cootinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802335116295420730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687309633062655086.post-89225671013132322862009-03-16T23:59:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:59:00.000-04:00re "top-to-bottom overhaul of health care": despit...re "top-to-bottom overhaul of health care": <BR/>despite popular support (according to surveys) for single-payer, all indications are that "the obama plan" will be a variation of the enforced insurance-purchase mandate mess we have in massachusetts (a version of which californians voters were savvy enough to reject a while back).<BR/><BR/>insurance companies seem to be pretty happy with the arrangement here (duh). ordinary folks, not so much - except for those with sufficiently low incomes to have their premiums heavily subsidized.<BR/><BR/>when i was a teen, i read an article in my parents' Consumer Reports advocating single-payer. i remember thinking it made so much sense, it was sure to happen before i was an adult. well, that was decades ago, so i don't think i'll hold my breath waiting for it, even though it seems more likely now than at any time in the past.<BR/><BR/>on the plus side, it doesn't seem things could get any worse. :-(<BR/><BR/>best, ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com