Unfortunately it doesn't seem like McCain's plan addresses those issues at all. The positive part of something like Obama's plan (which I think doesn't go far enough, btw) is that a national-level insured group would be large enough to reduce the risk pool substantially and large enough to negotiate with providers on payment and pre-existing condition (see Medicare as an example).
There are certainly problems associated with a national-level plan (like Medicare) but it does a much better job addressing the issues you brought up than McCain's plan. Judah On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That has to change. We've been through the same thing with coverage issues. > Three things we need to fix: > > 1. spiraling costs in health care > 2. risk pools for individual insurance > 3. pre-existing conditions > > To me, individual insurance is the way to go, but the companies need to come > up with better financial models to make it work. > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Judah wrote: > >> The problem with individuals buying insurance, well, invidually, is >> that they are a risk pool of 1. Insurers don't like that. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
