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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:42 PM Original message |
Daily Kos - Emerging Details on the High Risk Pools |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most states will create a low-income subsidy |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What if you have the misfortune to be middle class, not low income, with a pre-existing condition? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Some people won't be able to afford it |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Most states are drowning in debt right now |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. The TX High Risk Pool is an absolute joke. It only has 25k people in it! We have 25 Million people |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That sounds about right. I think that's the pattern. |
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catrose (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. And the lifetime cap is so low |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. with what money? states are cutting, not adding. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I said, during the debate, those who could afford coverage but were denied... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I know. I followed HCR closely |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "Healthy Orphan Acts" That describes it very well. nt |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. When John Kerry was running for President he had quasi reform which |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. An enthusiastic hell yeah! for that! nt |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. What in the world are you talking about? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I am talking about kicking the PEC can down the road for four more years |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Those premiums will be age adjusted, but the subsidies will not be. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My understanding is that even when the exchanges kick in age rating will be allowed |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I'm not sure about the 4:1, but yes, age rating will substitute for pre-existing conditions, |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. What is the rationale of forcing ill people to go without coverage for sixth months |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. At least we don't have kids |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. It was purely for budgetary reasons. They don't want people to leave state high risk pools into the |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thank you for a thoughtful response. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. "We will still be discussing it in 4 years, 8 years, 12 years" |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. In Illinois, you have to wait 6 months before putting in an application for the high risk pool |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. In a country with real heath care |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. High Risk Pool Premiums have both Subsidies and Caps |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Your link's title: 5 Bill. for High Risk Pool Will Fall Far Short of Extending Affordable Coverage |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You're not reading it right. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You are wrong on several counts |
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Scarsdale Vibe (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. Did you even read the article? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The High Risk Pool is called the High Risk Pool because it deals ONLY with people with |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. You stated my point more eloquently. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Which was also the major point and the sentence I bolded in the DK diary |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. In IL, you have to have been denied AND then go naked for 6 mos |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think that is also what the National High Risk Pool Requires |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. And insurance companies are savvy to the lingo, since they wrote it. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. This just makes me so angry. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. We need to go out drinking. I hear ya. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 06:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're lucky to be an Irish citizen |
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