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TheKentuckian

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71. The weak spot there is the reality that most folks don't have a lot of needs.

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 09:09 PM

Nov 2013

Satisfaction with policies is often fueled by minimal utilization and bottom line cost.

Trying it generally just flat won't matter in enough numbers to really move the needle to the point of any significant increase demonstrating it's worth.

The worth just doesn't prove it's self without some level of crisis or consistent need. The majority at any given time aren't going to see hundreds of dollars in increased value. Talking up wellness exams is not going to carry the day people know how much an office visit is.

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Clinton to Obama: Let Americans keep canceled health plans [View all] Mass Nov 2013 OP

In other words: Don't regulate the insurance industry frazzled Nov 2013 #1

+1. Require that the plans cost the same but comply. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #2

They're available. For example, ProSense Nov 2013 #12

Platinum...that figures... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #14

That's cool. No reason to allow the old plans that really covered nothing to be grandfathered, IMHO. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #18

Except the old plans still offered karadax Nov 2013 #20

Not true. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #24

Here is my old plan: Keefer Nov 2013 #38

Please stop comparing apples to oranges taught_me_patience Nov 2013 #56

Mislead and lie? Keefer Nov 2013 #57

That is because they are making poor decisions karynnj Nov 2013 #54

A lot of these plans were good plans Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #21

Wrong, and ProSense Nov 2013 #25

+++ Thankyou, ProSense Whisp Nov 2013 #35

That's true. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #28

Actually, ProSense Nov 2013 #29

Informing them of your opinion is one thing. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #30

"Informing them of your opinion"? ProSense Nov 2013 #31

That's your opinion, and that's all it will ever be. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #33

Wait, ProSense Nov 2013 #34

You don't get to decide what's "nothing" for someone else. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #37

So when the insurance companies drop them for getting sick, they're just SOL? ProSense Nov 2013 #39

The topic is people who lost plans they were perfectly happy with. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #43

So when the insurance companies drop them for getting sick, they're just SOL? ProSense Nov 2013 #44

Not really. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #49

Oh please ProSense Nov 2013 #50

So, when they get sick and discover they are not covered, what do we do? Mass Nov 2013 #48

He's so good with his stiletto Fumesucker Nov 2013 #3

best tune on a pretty good album reddread Nov 2013 #9

I've never heard of OZY or Carlos Watson but all of a sudden Drudge and a bunch of other legcramp Nov 2013 #4

What a stupid thing to say leftstreet Nov 2013 #5

+ Eighty Gazillion Scuba Nov 2013 #11

Right on cue, Mr. Sarah Palin. Whisp Nov 2013 #6

Even smart people Drale Nov 2013 #7

That ship has sailed. BKH70041 Nov 2013 #8

That is so unhelpful and the timing is awful karynnj Nov 2013 #10

with friends like billy boy who needs enemies? madrchsod Nov 2013 #13

I don't think it's that simple, though. That would rely on extensive administrative TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #15

The weak spot there is the reality that most folks don't have a lot of needs. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #71

Nobody's ever going to get excited about health insurance while they're healthy. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #74

Go home, Bill, you're drunk. Hell Hath No Fury Nov 2013 #16

Bill Clinton is so last century. n/t Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #17

The plans being canceled are now unsellable AgingAmerican Nov 2013 #19

Bill Clinton, teller of truths, keeper of committments demwing Nov 2013 #22

selfish asshole, what he did. Whisp Nov 2013 #41

Ahhh, here it comes. Beacool Nov 2013 #59

How would that work? surrealAmerican Nov 2013 #23

He should be upset about all the scam insurance plans out there Lifelong Dem Nov 2013 #26

THIS!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #46

Make thme sign a 25 Year Waver from ObamaCare ... Cigar11 Nov 2013 #27

Some people just aren't capable of making the best choices for themselves mwrguy Nov 2013 #32

Nonsense. People buy what they can afford leftstreet Nov 2013 #40

God I find that man maddening. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #36

Oh,shut up, Bill. nt octoberlib Nov 2013 #42

Right up there with the "wuss"speech about Syria DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #45

yep, or how he defended Romney last election Whisp Nov 2013 #53

Thanks for giving the GOP some ammunition, Big Dog. nt Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #47

No. Those plans suck. Deep13 Nov 2013 #51

Umm, who cancelled them? Didn't insurance companies after babylonsister Nov 2013 #52

What was that I heard? An invitation to dig up video clips of Clinton making promises that blew up winter is coming Nov 2013 #55

Stop with the drama and read this. Beacool Nov 2013 #58

This is media spin. ProSense Nov 2013 #61

What's spin is the media trying to drive a wedge between Obama and Bill. Beacool Nov 2013 #62

Huh? ProSense Nov 2013 #63

Here some more from a different source. Beacool Nov 2013 #60

Is he dedicating his life Spirochete Nov 2013 #64

This is the guy that most of the people on this site (so it seems) want BACK in the white house.... kiawah Nov 2013 #65

Consumer protections were never big on Bills arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #66

Nope, but he did veto bankruptcy "reform" twice. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #68

What exactly was he opposing in the bills? nt arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #69

Don't know, but they made it harder to get a bankruptcy discharge. Deep13 Nov 2013 #70

If Bush signed the same thing into law then it arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #72

Agree on both things. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #75

Here is what the WH is seriously considering: kentuck Nov 2013 #67

Good advice, Mr. President quinnox Nov 2013 #73

Tell the Big Dog to go cheney himself. truebluegreen Nov 2013 #76