tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803084043297246048.post7122312765422803308..comments2023-10-20T05:56:56.884-04:00Comments on Dirty Hippy Lawyer: Yet Another Post on Health Insurancelawguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803084043297246048.post-4790549729459556592009-06-09T19:29:16.289-04:002009-06-09T19:29:16.289-04:00I think our disagreement is on when and how much t...I think our disagreement is on when and how much to compromise. If we start compromising at the start then we end up right where they want to be. If we refuse to compromise then we end up --- maybe where they want to be, but at least we've got a better chance than compromising from the get go.<br /><br />I remember when Nelson Mandela was released from prison and the white rulers offered him a two legislative body "compromise" one white and one black. He refused to compromise and what do you know he got a real democracy.<br /><br />Oh yea, one other thing. In Ohio if an automobile insurer won't touch you then you end up with an SR-22 bond. Sucky coverage and expensive.lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803084043297246048.post-28985025611233090592009-06-08T11:21:01.499-04:002009-06-08T11:21:01.499-04:00I look at it like car insurance, which you have to...I look at it like car insurance, which you have to buy to drive in most states. Here in Idaho, I need to be covered to drive, but no one necessarily has to sell coverage to me. If they find me to be too risky, they'll just drop me and not sell me coverage (even more incentive to keep my seizures under control). My earlier point makes more sense under a public plan, instead of when it comes to profit-driven private insurance companies. I certainly can't see convincing (or forcing, really, given their lobbying power) private companies to stop the pre-existing condition nonsense without a guarantee of a larger customer pool, unfortunately.saraeandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119958547959999754noreply@blogger.com