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L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Ted King - 10-05-2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-politics-money-20101005,0,4869233.story Since January, the nation's five largest insurers and the industry's Washington-based lobbying arm have given three times more money to Republican lawmakers and political action committees than to Democratic politicians and organizations. Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - swampy - 10-05-2010 "You can keep your insurance plan. You can keep your doctor." Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Ted King - 10-05-2010 swampy wrote: Sorry, I must be dense this morning - where is that quote from and what does it have to do with the article? Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - cbelt3 - 10-05-2010 Kind of amusing, considering that the industry WROTE the damn law in the first place. But not surprising. Thanks, SCOTUS. Let's be honest about this. The 'healthcare law' is disliked by pretty much everyone. For wildly different reasons, ranging from "It doesn't do enough" to "It does too much". Most of the atra-winged feel it does too much. Force me to buy insurance ? Fie ! And the sinister-winged feel it does too little. No government-run single provider ? Piffle ! (Note: Sorry. 4 years of Latin in Catholic school means Sinister= Left, Atra= Right) Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Mac1337 - 10-05-2010 The only difference most people see in their health insurance this year is a 15% rise in premiums. Last year 0Bama said if we don't do anything they will rise by 20%. Thank you Mr. President for saving me 5%. Another campaign promised delivered. The only question now is how to spend that "extra" 5% I have in my pocket. Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - OWC Jamie - 10-05-2010 Just as much was apparently OK. Where were all the complainers when it was just as much instead of 1/3 as much ? Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Grace62 - 10-05-2010 Dakota wrote: Name one health insurance company that has been approved by a state for 15% premium increase. Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Ted King - 10-05-2010 I know we, including me, like to jump on our favorite hobby horses and ride them into every thread we possibly can, but maybe we can hop off for awhile here and look at what could be an interesting nuance to what is going on in this situation. Facts: - Health insurance companies are "buying" heavily into getting Republicans as much power in Washington as possible. [Okay, the term buying is not an unbiased term, but I don't think it is wrong.] - Health insurance companies like mandatory coverage. They would like to have it strengthened. - Republicans (in general) are campaigning to eliminate many (if not all) of the provisions of the new health care law, with mandatory coverage being pointed out as being particularly onerous. So how do the Republicans in congress deal with this? Do they do the bidding of the health insurance companies that have given them so much financial support by keeping (and perhaps strengthening) mandatory coverage? Wouldn't that piss off their base? Or do they try to get mandatory coverage eliminated, which would piss off the insurance companies? I don't see how Republicans are going to thread this needle. What do you think? Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - cbelt3 - 10-05-2010 Ted- Like all political conundrums, the issue is probably moot. I for one do not believe that the Republicans will have the political strength to touch the healthcare bill for at least two more years, perhaps more. And if there is a revision to the bill, I think it will be just as poorly integrated as it's predecessor. Re: L.A. Times: "Health insurers pour money into GOP campaigns, hoping to limit new regulations" - Mac1337 - 10-05-2010 Grace62 wrote: Name one health insurance company that has been approved by a state for 15% premium increase. You always reach for these bureaucratic replies. I know what *I* am not getting on my bottom line. You wanna see my pay stub? 15.6% to be exact. And that is just my share. Who knows what my employer share is? 30 million non paying people, 26 year old "kids", insure whoever walks in. What do you expect? |