Paul, I need to confess a great deal of ignorance. I have no idea what or whom you mean by 'non profit providers'. Are you talking doctors? Hospitals? Clinics? How do non profit providers come under the FTC or the Robinson Patman Act?
Are you also saying that group plans are more expensive than individual plans?
If insurance is the problem, what is the answer for those who incur large medical expenses? Or, for low wage earners, ordianary, but routine medical costs (strep throat leaps to mind here, but could be badly sprained ankle, etc.)? Do you think we'd be better off without insurance? If so, how?
Terri Hyle
From: "Paul Double" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Online Democracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: [Winona] Re: Health Insurance costs Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:00:14 -0500
Cherisa, Maybe we should start posting all the premium charges employer and private plans for the plans we can get our hands on. We will be very surprised to see the huge disparity between higher cost group plans, lower cost individual plans as well as MCHA and COBRA premiums. The public and employers are getting a bad deal and hopefully the facts will lead to the source of the problem. "Insurance"
Dean, The first private single payer system was started in Winona two years ago. It is called "Medicharge" It is not insurance.
Now if we can get the "non profit providers" back under the controls of Robinson-Patman Act and the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department to enforce existing law we could all save money.
Paul Double
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