Comments for HealthAccessRI Blog http://blog.healthaccessri.com Because Everyone Deserves a Great Doctor Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:49:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Here Come the Clowns by Dad http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-38 Dad Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:49:42 +0000 http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=57#comment-38 Right on. Only one thing wrong with your post; they are not clowns. they know full well what they do and they do it a) to get contributions from corporations and/or to get jobs as lobbyists if not reelected. Its greed rather than stupidity. Right on. Only one thing wrong with your post; they are not clowns. they know full well what they do and they do it a) to get contributions from corporations and/or to get jobs as lobbyists if not reelected. Its greed rather than stupidity.

]]> Comment on Speak Your Piece: The Health Care Shootout by Michael Fine, M.D. by Hal Horvath http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-20 Hal Horvath Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:14:14 +0000 http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=42#comment-20 "Congress weakened the community rating standards, and let insurance companies keep charging some people 5 times as much as other people." Er...this refers to the difference in premium by age. So, for instance, a 55 yr old could pay a premium that by law would be limited to be no more than 5 times the premium paid by a 19 yr old for the same policy, with the same coverage, etc. This makes a lot of sense actually, since most health care costs are for older people, and older people also earn *far more* income than younger people. But older people pay already pay much higher premiums *right now* in the individual market. And large-group policies (employer provided) will be largely unaffected by reform. In any case, under reform, premiums will be "affordable" by income. Specifically, if you have a modest income, taxpayers will subsidize your premium in a large way, leaving you with a managable, small premium. Guess who this will help the most actually. Yep, lower income people who are older and in the individual or small group markets. “Congress weakened the community rating standards, and let insurance companies keep charging some people 5 times as much as other people.”

Er…this refers to the difference in premium by age.

So, for instance, a 55 yr old could pay a premium that by law would be limited to be no more than 5 times the premium paid by a 19 yr old for the same policy, with the same coverage, etc.

This makes a lot of sense actually, since most health care costs are for older people, and older people also earn *far more* income than younger people.

But older people pay already pay much higher premiums *right now* in the individual market.

And large-group policies (employer provided) will be largely unaffected by reform.

In any case, under reform, premiums will be “affordable” by income. Specifically, if you have a modest income, taxpayers will subsidize your premium in a large way, leaving you with a managable, small premium.

Guess who this will help the most actually. Yep, lower income people who are older and in the individual or small group markets.

]]> Comment on Speak Your Piece: The Health Care Shootout by Michael Fine, M.D. by nuronlums http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-19 nuronlums Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:26:04 +0000 http://blog.healthaccessri.com/?p=42#comment-19 Other variant is possible also Other variant is possible also

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