Replies to post #134584 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[kozuh]

slow down, fastlizzy ...

Do-gooders often drive up the Premiums with

legislation. I've heard stories where a young

single guy wanted bare-bones insurance that

only covered major health problems; he was

expecting to pay maybe $30 per month.

However, the legislature in his state said "ALL

POLICIES" had to cover AIDS and sex-change

operations and pregnancies ... ; this drove

his premium up over $150 per month, so he

decided to go without insurance ... . I think

his state was New York or Mass or Conn.

Michigan may have the same problem.

[rollingrock]

The emergency room is usually in a hospital.
The hospital by law can't refuse anyone treatment. The government doesn't pay medicade and Medicare patients the same as private insurers. Private doctors are already refusing government patients. When there are no more private insurers there won't be any doctors. Except the ones that will gladly accept cash from those who work and have it. IMO