tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1387527904421804963..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Wow! Mainstream Journalists Just Woke Up!Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-77848172258091327122013-11-02T17:44:55.744-06:002013-11-02T17:44:55.744-06:00The media is hitting on Obamacare because they kno...The media is hitting on Obamacare because they know that it can't hurt Obama now that he's in his second term. <br /><br />They'll be careful not to provide critical coverage of any vulnerable Democrats that are up for re-election in 2014. <br /><br />They will do everything they can to point to Republican "obstructionism" as the culprit. <br /><br />Any coverage they give to Benghazi will point the finger at people not named Hillary Clinton. <br /><br />They are protecting the brand, which is libralism and the Democrat party. They are also protecting Hillary and in the end the finger of blame will be pointed to Obama for any foreign relations debacles. <br /><br />They want Hillary in the White House, they NEED Hillary in the White House. TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-59001037242315994892013-10-30T11:10:41.401-06:002013-10-30T11:10:41.401-06:00I must confess -- at age 56, $54 a month seems qui...I must confess -- at age 56, $54 a month seems quite low. It might be a "mini-med" program, the kind that limit total expenses to $50,000 per year.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-44277475224876551112013-10-30T11:08:53.541-06:002013-10-30T11:08:53.541-06:00It might be a very high deductible insurance plan....It might be a very high deductible insurance plan. Several years back, a lobbyist I know told me that she was paying $99 per month for individual health insurance, because it had a $9000 annual deductible.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-17474014258528848552013-10-30T07:36:25.617-06:002013-10-30T07:36:25.617-06:00Aren't you suspicious of the Dianne Barrette c...Aren't you suspicious of the Dianne Barrette case? $54 a month? I bet that was junk insurance, essentially a policy that says, "Pay us $54 a month and you get nothing in return". She says she was happy with it, but that probably means that she is normally healthy and never uses it. She may think it provides protection in case the big one hits, but I bet it doesn't. Not at that price. asdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270615751004712276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-70854741289843713432013-10-29T22:23:32.099-06:002013-10-29T22:23:32.099-06:00If something really, really bad has happened to yo...If something really, really bad has happened to you, and you sign up on the way to the hospital for a year, it still pays for itself. Say, if you discover that you need an aortic valve replacement.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-48811222727283119252013-10-29T17:55:16.785-06:002013-10-29T17:55:16.785-06:00A slight caveat...
To reduce adverse selection, y...A slight caveat...<br /><br />To reduce adverse selection, you can only sign up for insurance once a year, so the "buy insurance when I get sick" isn't as strong as one would think. However, a lot of people won't know this, or don't care, and will still not buy it.<br /><br />In the short term, the Democrats have a plan that will make adverse selection even worse: they want to delay the mandate a little bit (because of the software issues). The will leave insurance companies underwriting plans where they won't even know the composition of the risk pool.StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-44247343336937245412013-10-29T17:05:47.370-06:002013-10-29T17:05:47.370-06:00"Medicare Part D" and "RomneyCare&q..."Medicare Part D" and "RomneyCare" are still the standards, I think. And the report that the Heritage Institute wrote in the early 90s; one might also include the Patriot Act and vacations at the Crawford Ranch.<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.com