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kentuck

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4. Healthcare is a very complex issue.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 4, 2017, 03:52 PM

Jan 2017

It is not something that can be offered in the marketplace, with competition, because some people are much more sick than others. They cannot expect the "market" to offer them the same price within the market structure.

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If you can't dazzle them with brilliance... [View all] kentuck Jan 2017 OP

I remember in 1990s when premiums were going up 30% every year, even as you increased Hoyt Jan 2017 #1

Healthcare is a very complex issue. kentuck Jan 2017 #4

Not an excuse but we have to remember they have a rabid base convinced of lies underpants Jan 2017 #2

We're seeing it already malaise Jan 2017 #3