Why health care insurance is so expensive
"As a state senator in Illinois, [Obama] voted to require that dental anesthesia be covered by every health plan for difficult medical cases. Today, the requirement is one of 43 mandates imposed by Illinois on health insurance, according to the Illinois Division of Insurance. Other mandates require coverage of infertility treatments, drug rehab, "personal injuries" incurred while intoxicated, and other forms of care.By my count, during Mr. Obama's tenure in the state Senate, 18 different laws came up for a vote and passed that imposed new mandates on private health insurance. Mr. Obama voted for all of them.
As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama says people lack health insurance because "they can't afford it." He's right. But he is also partly responsible for why health insurance is too expensive. A long list of studies show that mandates like the ones Mr. Obama has championed drive up the cost of insurance for the very people priced out of coverage." Insider scoop, By Scott Gottlieb - WSJ 05-06-08
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Murray sez:
Did any of those 43 mandates include coverage for when the federal government sticks it up your wazoo? Or when government makes you feel helpless and depressed?
Well, he's your guy--how's your insurance in Illinois?
Murray sez:
My guy?? Yeah right! Insurance in Illinois sucks just like everywhere else. I guess Obama just wants to keep up with the Joneses.
Regardless of where you vote, keep up the good work asking about what countries our drugs come from. I can't do it all!
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