tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post1307338595933668264..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: The Mandate Conundrummike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-47231342054085672802009-10-12T22:02:48.792-07:002009-10-12T22:02:48.792-07:00Good competition will help lower prices to a certa...Good competition will help lower prices to a certain extent.<br /><br />But it wont get those people covered who are not profitable to the insurance companies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-79641916845688678192009-10-12T16:52:49.149-07:002009-10-12T16:52:49.149-07:00No amount of competition among private companies c...No amount of competition among private companies can fix what you're talking about. You'd still have several companies who all have denial of pre-existing conditions built into their business model.<br /><br />There is no alternative to an individual mandate if you want to prevent companies from denying pre-existing conditions. The real question that needs to be answered is how to keep insurance companies from jacking up the price. A public option can do exactly that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-33272293874551688992009-10-12T16:42:35.540-07:002009-10-12T16:42:35.540-07:00The market will not solve it. Ideological dogma
T...The market will not solve it. Ideological dogma<br /><br />The health insurance companies have run the numbers for years on pre-existing condition groups and clearly see some people aren't good risks. <br /><br />Having more companies looking at these SAME group of people is not going to change this. Its a risk reward analysis.<br /><br />Health insurance and the profit motive just dont go together for certain groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com