Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s...
by erikpukinskis on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:44PM
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Would you need a refund?
Would you be OK with a requirement that you do, in fact, spend the refund on health insurance?
Otherwise I see a problem where struggling people opt out of the care, to get cash to pay for other emergencies, and then the state ends up footing emergency room bills anyway, and premiums are out of whack due to decreased enrollment by healthy people.
Also, what happens if your private care falls short and you show up one day at the State emergency room? Do we refuse you care because you opted out? Emergency rooms need to give care to everyone, that's the point it's an emergency and you don't want to have your care waiting on your paperwork being out of order in an emergency.
If we can reserve part of your refund to cover such situations, I'm ok with it!
Would you be OK with a requirement that you do, in fact, spend the refund on health insurance?
Otherwise I see a problem where struggling people opt out of the care, to get cash to pay for other emergencies, and then the state ends up footing emergency room bills anyway, and premiums are out of whack due to decreased enrollment by healthy people.
Also, what happens if your private care falls short and you show up one day at the State emergency room? Do we refuse you care because you opted out? Emergency rooms need to give care to everyone, that's the point it's an emergency and you don't want to have your care waiting on your paperwork being out of order in an emergency.
If we can reserve part of your refund to cover such situations, I'm ok with it!