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In reply to the discussion: Health Insurance Rate Shock-California Obamacare Insurance Exchange Announces Premium Rates [View all]hunter
(38,303 posts)Sometimes you have an accident and they can't repair you "good as new." Sometimes you inherit a bad mix of genes. Sometimes your mom gets the flu or something while she is pregnant with you and it messes you up. Maybe chicken pox messed up your lungs before there was a vaccine. Look at most type II diabetes people, many of them are from ethnic backgrounds where certain genetic characteristics helped them survive irregular, unpredictable times of famine and bad weather, but prove harmful when high calorie food sources and adequate winter and summer shelter are available.
If the problem is as you say it is, does that mean you support a universal health care system supported by taxes and "free" to all? That would be a surprise coming from dkf...
Personally I think the health insurance industry ought to be nationalized and incorporated into some sort of single payer or entirely socialist health care system. At the same time I would examine the industry's records for evidence of malfeasance of the sort that broke existing laws and killed people. I'm sure we could find a few highly paid executives to put on trial.