Legislature has made health insurance so high
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Terry W. Donze, Wheat Ridge
Friday, May 2, 2008
RE: Fair Act, HB-1389, RMN, 04-24 and 25-08 Regarding Colorado’s health insurance, Representative Morgan Carroll asks, "Why are our premiums higher?" All she needs to do is get the plank out of her eye and look in the mirror.
The legislature has mandated so many items (40+ and counting) for the health insurance industry to cover, what does she expect? They have run several health insurance providers out of Colorado over the past several years, such that it is extremely difficult to find affordable individual coverage because of limited competition.
Yet more regulation as proposed by her will only add to the costs, not only in higher premiums but also in higher taxes to pay for yet more government.
If she is really interested in bringing costs down, instead of more regulation Carroll should be demanding rescission of the mandates already on the books.
Comments
Posted by titancain on May 2, 2008 at 8:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Insurance should only cover what they put in the fine print. LOL How outragous that there should be basic coverage.
I'm self employed. I bought insurance and went to the doctor. It was discovered I have high blood pressure. The insurance company doubled my rates.
THIS should be illegal. If you have group rates (are an employee,for the idiots) this is illegal.
Once again big business screws the little guy.
Posted by BrianSchwartz on May 3, 2008 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Excellent letter, Terry. For more on how politicians have made insurance & medical care so expensive and what to do about it, see www.PatientPowerNow.org, where I blog.
Posted by TDONZE on May 6, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Titancain -
If you had a choice you could go somewhere else. Competition would bring the cost down, too, unless all were required to cover the same items, as they presently are.
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