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In reply to the discussion: How European countries regulate private insurance [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)34. Let me rephrase, you need to stop reading what you want to see into it and read what was written.
No place in the OP did she, or the article from which it was taken, write that any of these rules are uniform across the EU. That's just something you wanted to see and then based your arguments on that.
You also tend to emphasize the less important part of the sentence and ignore the main point.
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Know what average MLR was back in 1993 when the Clintons were dealing with a "crisis"
eridani
Dec 2012
#10
You're kidding right? This is why we are so fucked up, people don't even know when they're
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#11
Sorry, I stand corrected. The 20% includes all administrative costs and overhead. nt
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#19
It's a glitch with this and other sites. Copy the whole thing, not just the blue part,
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#21
Let me rephrase, you need to stop reading what you want to see into it and read what was written.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#34
"... you must sell it at the same price to everyone, regardless of health." Why, that's ...
Scuba
Dec 2012
#8
No shit, right? Back in the day that was generally understood to be the definition of insurance.
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#9
They can charge different prices depending on your age, which amounts to the same thing.
eridani
Dec 2012
#35
If the policy you want is one that you cannot afford, there is no fucking "choice" about it
eridani
Dec 2012
#37
They can charge differently according to age, and that is limited to the exchanges as far as I can
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#38