On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote: > John Williams wrote: >> >> Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies >> must cover. > > ... >> >> Make costs transparent so that consumers understand what >> health-care treatments cost. > > ...
> > Going by the present state of things, the two > bullets above seem to contradict each other. > I can see why one might object to some government > mandates that insurance must cover certain categories > of care. For instance, contraception, mental health > treatment, substance abuse treatment, and physical therapy. > > But if you repeal ALL government mandates, you'll wind > up with lots of policies that appear to cover everything > a consumer might want, but are actually full of loopholes > so that the insurer need not pay for standard treatments. > That seems the opposite of transparency. > > Comments? I don't see how your conclusion (2nd paragraph) follows from your stated assumptions. Are you making an unstated assumption that many consumers will purchase policies that are "full of loopholes"? If so, why would they? _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
