hello america! you'd have to live on another planet not to know about the healthcare reform bill & debates &, no matter where you stand on the issue or which plan you'd endorse, there's is so much more to it that no one has even mentioned. well, why everyone else is focusing on the sole issue of 'healthcare' allow me to take you on a little journey.
in order for healthcare to be reformed, the healthcare insurance market has to be reformed & regulated. this is a given. however, if the market does become regulated & reformed, we are in big doodoo. no one has gotten up in public & mentioned any of the other insurance markets. well, what do they have to do with healthcare? everything! YOU CAN'T REFORM & REGULATE ONE WITHOUT REFORMING & REGULATING THE OTHERS. here's why.
healthcare insurance company's sell insurance to make money &, if you reform & regulate them, their profit margin will shrink. so, while we're running around here paying less for our healthcare (perhaps even getting less) all happy & thanking our government, these company's are not going to absorb that profit loss quietly. they are going to raise your rates on life insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, etc...aah! never thought about this, did you? unfortunately, it's common sense & i wouldn't blame them.
i.e: if the government just reforms & regulates homogenized milk, the other dairy products such as cheese, butter, & juice, etc, will cost you more. it all goes hand-in-hand. we just went through it with the high price of gas...if the goods got trucked in, you were charged more for them.
reforming & regulating the entire insurance industry has to be addressed in the bill or we will be at their mercy. it all has to be dealt with at the same time. after all, what's the sense of paying less to live & more to die...
