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Posted By Tumultuous 2 months ago in Political OpinionIn addition to the Anzalone poll I posted earlier, showing support for the public option in Blue Dog districts, a second poll has been circulated on the Hill today, with a clear warning to Dems on just how disastrous a bill that had a mandate to buy crappy insurance without the choice of a public option--i.e., the Baucus bill--would be.
"Nationally," the memo reads, "voters oppose a mandate to purchase private insurance by 64% to 34% but support a mandate with a choice of private or public insurance by 60% to 37%... Each [survey] found that likely 2010 voters oppose 'requiring everyone to buy and be covered by a private health insurance plan' but support 'requiring everyone to buy and be covered by a health insurance plan with a choice between a public option and private insurance plans.'"
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"A 62-year-old couple on this plan will find their monthly premium jumps 72 per cent, from $102.34 to $176.06. Over a year they will pay $884 more."
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id...
Just one example of an age-based system...based on the grounds that with age you become a greater risk.
That's what will never work with insurance...including risk as a factor will always factor out as a higher premium...or an unfair charge added to the young. -
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