We also are increasing the minimum wage in the state thanks to a referendum, so we have a higher minimum wage than much of the nation.
It still won’t work unless the pool is large enough and includes enough healthy people to make up for those with pre-existing conditions.
]]>Of course, that’s relative to other choices some will continue to make. If they choose to forgo cable TV, computers and ISPs, never go out to eat or to a movie, skip savings, skip any retirement plan, buy nothing but thrift store clothes, pay no child support, have no pets, never buy Xmas or birthday gifts, they probably can afford it at $25K/yr but at minimum wage or even $20K, it still remains impossible.
]]>You have some non-profit hospitals in your county, no such luck over here, so it might have a chance.
I don’t blame the Repubs for getting suckered, they are Repubs, so I set the bar low…OK, I lay it on the ground. The 60-day session is just absurd and leads to a lack of progress and understanding on the issues, especially with term limits. They are at the mercy of staff and lobbyists because they don’t have time to read what they are passing.
The insurance companies don’t want to sell wind coverage in the state and the sooner the state understands that and moves to create a pool, or pushes Congress to create a pool, the better. Half the country lives within 50 miles of a coast line, so there are a lot of people who aren’t going to be able to afford insurance.
You can’t get a mortgage, no matter what your credit looks like, or operate a business if you can’t get insurance.
]]>but ok, curiosity killed the commenter — what was it?
it looks like charlie’s health insurance pilot program would be coming to my county, though possibly not to my neighborhood. hard to consider a neighborhood underserved when all the neighbors are already in medicare, the lucky bastards. that said, and all my grousing aside, i’ll probably sign up for it if it’s available here.
on the property insurance, i don’t know whether we can blame crist or not, but the general sequence of events in my neck of the woods went something like this [so far]: ivan… insurance rates double… crist gets tough on insurance companies… insurance rates go up again, but only by half this time.
it’s always amazed me that wind and water damage have always been considered separate perils, especially here in hurricane alley, but i guess not enough rich people got inconvenienced by their insurance companies before now. it’s going to hurt me if trent lott’s front porch 😈 is what finally gets us going in the right direction on that.
]]>At least, Charley hasn’t said “tax credits”, which sets me off, and he understands that you have to have everyone covered.
We are going to end up with a state or regional home/business insurance company the way things are going because the insurance companies don’t want to cover wind damage at all. When that happens, or if the flood insurance program is amended by Congress to make wind damage available, I think many will see the reality that insurance companies don’t really want to be in the insurance business.
At that point, the reality of the health insurance mess can be presented and we might make some progress that will actually help people.
]]>better? really? crist doesn’t believe the insurance companies can be part of the solution? skeptical commenter remains… skeptical.
COMPREHENSIVE MARKET-BASED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE UNINSURED IN FLORIDA
The lege won’t do anything, so he can put out all kinds of plans.
i won’t argue with you on that. nor will i argue with your unDem label.
]]>The average uninsured rate charged is twice the insured rate.
]]>So, yeah – one week treatment for pneumonia, which meant basically room & board, antibiotics, and respiratory therapy ran easily $22K.
That was JUST hospitalization – doesn’t include the doctor bills which I confidently expect to come pretty close to equal when you factor in the ER physician, radiologist, surgeon, and respiratory therapists.
]]>You have to have an economy of scale and non-profit status to be feasible, but at least Crist is trying, which is more than the unDems are doing. After his experience with the insurance industry over hurricane insurance, I don’t think Crist believes they will be of any help in a solution.
The lege won’t do anything, so he can put out all kinds of plans.
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