Paying for breeders again May 16, 2017 | Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 2,061 |
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bell_flower
Like every stupid thing that goes viral, it's a quick sound bite that doesn't delve too much into the issue. It's just an opportunity.
I suspect the real argument here is that Obamacare did not permit differentiation among ages and genders in the premiums, as is commonly done with car insurance, for example.
I myself would have no problem with a higher premium for a woman of childbearing age who elects to carry maternity coverage. (Provided a woman could opt out of maternity coverage altogether, or receive discounted insurance if she were sterilized.) I think that's the fair way to do it....you pay based on what you are going to use. But this would never survive in a million years, thanks to our pronatalist country. Obamacare was drafted by Congress, and Congress wants to spread the costs of breeding to everyone else.
Lawmakers could do one simple thing that would go a long way toward affordable care: pass a law that if you are going to be a hospital or an insurance company, you must be a non-profit entity. But I digress.
Re: Paying for breeders again May 17, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
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bell_flower
I myself would have no problem with a higher premium for a woman of childbearing age who elects to carry maternity coverage. (Provided a woman could opt out of maternity coverage altogether, or receive discounted insurance if she were sterilized.) I think that's the fair way to do it....you pay based on what you are going to use. But this would never survive in a million years, thanks to our pronatalist country. Obamacare was drafted by Congress, and Congress wants to spread the costs of breeding to everyone else.