Comments on: New Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/new-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cash6115 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/new-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-207525 Cash6115 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:56:22 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=8858#comment-207525 Meg, very nice of you to release your neighbors from the burden of saving your life, but that puts you in a distinct minority. While you don't want them to formally pay for your insurance, they are already paying informally since emergency rooms cannot turn away paitents. The uninsured walk in without the ability to pay so the hospital jacks up the price of other services, leading to increased insurance costs. The ACA puts these costs up front and makes it easier for preventative treatment. The whole thing is a bet that money can be saved by sharing the burden up front rather than passing the uninsured's bills around through the complex split of hospitals upping other procedures and the self-insured marker picking up the rest. Meg, very nice of you to release your neighbors from the burden of saving your life, but that puts you in a distinct minority. While you don’t want them to formally pay for your insurance, they are already paying informally since emergency rooms cannot turn away paitents. The uninsured walk in without the ability to pay so the hospital jacks up the price of other services, leading to increased insurance costs. The ACA puts these costs up front and makes it easier for preventative treatment. The whole thing is a bet that money can be saved by sharing the burden up front rather than passing the uninsured’s bills around through the complex split of hospitals upping other procedures and the self-insured marker picking up the rest.

]]> By: megscole64 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/new-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-207510 megscole64 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:04:13 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=8858#comment-207510 I'm sorry, but it's just not possible for our country to afford to insure people who are "uninsurable". I don't qualify for some insurance (including life) and that's just life. I don't expect my neighbors to pay for my insurance! I’m sorry, but it’s just not possible for our country to afford to insure people who are “uninsurable”. I don’t qualify for some insurance (including life) and that’s just life. I don’t expect my neighbors to pay for my insurance!

]]> By: Jenna http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/new-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-207498 Jenna Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:54:45 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=8858#comment-207498 Any information about what states are opting out? Any information about what states are opting out?

]]> By: annk http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/new-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-207496 annk Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:46:16 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=8858#comment-207496 Not so fast: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/106887-health-law-risks-turning-away-sick The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by the new healthcare law to provide coverage for the uninsured. Not so fast: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/106887-health-law-risks-turning-away-sick

The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by the new healthcare law to provide coverage for the uninsured.

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