Re: Insurance

In article <3e2s7f.jln.19.1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, juba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...

cshenk wrote:
"Juba" wrote
"Happy" wrote
"cshenk" wrote:

Are you sure of that? My impression was that they could and the
reason is if they don't, they have to raise rates across the board
for all.

The last I heard they could charge the folks with higher risk up to
three times the lowest rate. So while they can't deny coverage based
on pre-existing conditions they can still set a price for coverage
that most people can't afford.

That seems to match what I have been hearing but i don't know if it's
accurate or not.

We won't know exactly what the final deal is until it comes up for a
final vote.


Interestingly today I was on the phone helping one of our new company
hire guys. We were talking benefits and I pointed out specific ones
useful for retired Navy. The dental benefits are *much* cheaper than
the Navy has and they cap per year, not 'total cap allowed in
lifetime'.

Once upon a time military retirement meant you were set for life, but
they've been chipping away at that for a long time now. We owe our
career military a better deal than what they're getting now, considering
how much we ask of them.

We expect the military to do too much with too little for too many.

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    ... they have to raise rates across the board ... So while they can't deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions they can still set a price for coverage that most people can't afford. ... We were talking benefits and I pointed out specific ones useful for retired Navy. ... The dental benefits are *much* cheaper than the Navy has and they cap per year, not 'total cap allowed in lifetime'. ...
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