I mostly agree with that meme, though I don't tend to participate in them (because I don't like being ordered to do so! Thanks for snipping that part.)
We have started making some strides about pre-existing conditions with HIPAA, but it's far from perfect since it won't deal with long stretches of unemployment or if you had no insurance as a kind; I think it's that you have to have been covered in the previous 6 months. I'm glad to see at least a *little* improvement there, though it definitely work.
I actually agree with Gary's point that I can believe something philosophically and still not have a clue how to implement it. I think that health care is desperately broken and I don't actually know how to fix it. We need a plan that will cover people as they need treatment; I have insurance and I was still out 2K for one of my medications when they decided to deny my coverage. I have great sympathy for health insurance issues.
But since we run health care as an industry, the entities involved in it have to make money (or they won't continue to do so.) It's hard to figure out how to deal with that and still protect the basic needs of people.
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We have started making some strides about pre-existing conditions with HIPAA, but it's far from perfect since it won't deal with long stretches of unemployment or if you had no insurance as a kind; I think it's that you have to have been covered in the previous 6 months. I'm glad to see at least a *little* improvement there, though it definitely work.
I actually agree with Gary's point that I can believe something philosophically and still not have a clue how to implement it. I think that health care is desperately broken and I don't actually know how to fix it. We need a plan that will cover people as they need treatment; I have insurance and I was still out 2K for one of my medications when they decided to deny my coverage. I have great sympathy for health insurance issues.
But since we run health care as an industry, the entities involved in it have to make money (or they won't continue to do so.) It's hard to figure out how to deal with that and still protect the basic needs of people.
Bah. I need a magic wand.