Only 6 people managed to enroll in an insurance plan on Day 1 of Healthcare.gov

Re:Only 6 people managed to enroll in an insurance plan on D... by tptacek on Friday November 01, 2013 @10:36AM (#6654010)

Health insurance is supposed to keep you from going bankrupt when your appendix bursts.

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Re:Only 6 people managed to enroll in an insurance plan on D... by twoodfin on Friday November 01, 2013 @10:39AM (#6654034)

Well, sure, but most Americans and policymakers haven't thought about "health insurance" in those terms for a long time. PPACA makes plans that only protect against that kind of thing illegal.

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Re:Only 6 people managed to enroll in an insurance plan on D... by pbz on Friday November 01, 2013 @10:40AM (#6654043)

Health insurance "yes", health care "no".

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Re:Only 6 people managed to enroll in an insurance plan on D... by gwright on Friday November 01, 2013 @01:14PM (#6654984)

So much of the public debate regarding these issues is terribly confusing and misleading simply due to the wanton disregard for the difference between "health insurance" and "health care". I realize that some of the erroneous usage is just sloppiness, but these two things really aren't interchangeable from a public policy standpoint.

Prime example: the "Affordable Care Act" isn't about health care, it is about health insurance.

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