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Wellpoint (BCBS) To Raise Rates in 11 States | 33 comments (33 topical)

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The people who are dropping... (none / 0) (#4)
by kdog on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:02:56 PM EST
coverage are the smart ones...since we're stuck in this game we should at least improve our strategies...play "make the sucker pay" like the titans of industry for awhile and see what happens...bring this situation to a head.

Like say what would happen if everybody cancelled their insurance coverage at the same time?  How long before the ins. co's are calling back with 50% cheaper rates...20 minutes?

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Hey, that was my idea last summer (none / 0) (#5)
by ruffian on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:06:00 PM EST
Everyone just drop it at the same time. Only way to see what the real market price of both insurance and health care is.

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That's a nice thought (none / 0) (#6)
by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:06:01 PM EST
But a risky one - what if you drop your insurance and then you get in a car accident?  Or fall down? Or get a disease?  Those will end up costing you tons more money.

It's just too big a gamble to stand on principle, unfortunately, and that's why they have us over a barrel.

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yeah, I know (none / 0) (#7)
by ruffian on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:08:18 PM EST
it only works if everyone does it, and provokes a crisis that gets resolved to the better before I get hit by a bus. Not really a practical plan.

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True... (none / 0) (#12)
by kdog on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:23:41 PM EST
but as the sayings go..."nothing ventured nothing gained", "better to die on your feet than live on your knees"...and my favorite, "life is a gamble".

Besides, millions of us live that gamble everyday.

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And that's why we need (none / 0) (#13)
by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:24:57 PM EST
single payer.  No one should have to take that gamble.

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We ain't getting single-payer... (none / 0) (#14)
by kdog on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:29:41 PM EST
so what else can we do except a) pay the ridiculous vig or b) gamble on a fight.

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I can't afford to gamble (none / 0) (#15)
by jbindc on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:35:08 PM EST
I don't have the strength or courage to live in a box if I get sick and can't afford to pay the rest of my bills.

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That sums up... (none / 0) (#20)
by kdog on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:41:44 PM EST
exactly how the bastards always win...always.

Eventually we will reach a point where living in that refrigerator box is the preferred option, then things will start to get better.  I ain't looking forward to the worse before it gets better.

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If you get in a car accident (none / 0) (#16)
by TeresaInSnow2 on Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:35:33 PM EST
or get an expensive disease, insurance may very well DROP you.  At minimum, they'll do their darndest to find a reason to drop you.  At minimum, this is true on the individual market.

Insurance really isn't insurance anymore.  

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