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Quote by: Osborn Really? What is the reason most of the democratic canidates are talking about socialist, err, I mean, Universal Healthcare? |
If you wanted to create this topic in order to debate Universal Healthcare and socialized medicine, you should have done so.
I'm reading the topic to be debating whether
private companies should be altering prices on healthcare for employees with high risk factors.
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Quote by: Osborn I am sure you do, with that authoritarian streak you have. |
Could you not make the ignorant mistake of thinking that the stance a person takes in one thread indicates their own personal preference?
Nor take up the annoying habit, exhibited by Zhavric, where what you say in one thread is dragged into another to attack you personally instead of address your point?
Summarily speaking, I don't have an authoritarian streak. I chose a side in that other thread that I don't 100% agree with.
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Quote by: Osborn People should pay more if insurance charges them more based on their risk factors, but that shouldn't be done via the employers. |
Obviously, but medical insurance is provided to you
through your employer.
Coverage for a single person might cost $500 a month. Some employers pay $400 of that and require that you pay $100. Some pay more, or less, depending on unions and other negotiations, but the base cost of coverage to subscribe a person is the same.
What these employers are doing is telling people that as long as they have higher risk factors and unhealthy lifestyle choices (obesity, smoking) then the employer will pay less of the cost of the insurance and turn more of the cost onto the employee.