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

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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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