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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by rqtwteye on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:30AM (#34945798)
“Insurers should be forced to sell in a single market all the plans they offer. Insurer like to talk about "economy of scale" with large employers, but that is an artificial limit. Why should insurance pools be limited to who works at a company?”

Very true. There should be one insurance pool. Either state or nationwide.

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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by ecommerceguy on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:44AM (#34945905)
There we're state pools until Obamacare wiped those away.
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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by rqtwteye on Sunday February 26, 2023 @01:00PM (#34947632)
Not really. A lot of people never were able to get insurance at all or lost it once they got sick.

There should be one pool where everybody can get insurance regardless of agr, employment status or preconditions. Insurers should compete for that pool.

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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by ecommerceguy on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:11PM (#34973474)
That being said, I think uninsured drivers should go to jail/pay hefty fine/lose driving privileges, but many do not. Maybe one pool for car insurance as well?
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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by ceejayoz on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:30PM (#34950311)
I presume you're referring to state high risk pools, which were horrific.
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Re:Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing (2016) by ecommerceguy on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:07PM (#34973422)
Correct, and ACA EPO plans aren't an improvement, by many measures.
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