Well, I don't know what the answer is. But when I go to the Polls and there are 5 rats in front of me and 5 behind me, how discouraging do you think that is for me? I just feel as if my vote will never matter. 10 against one? The odds are 'not' in our favor in our great state of Maine.
Here are a few items of interest concerning the FACTS in Maine's Legislated Health Insurance Disaster.
This is a massive scandal starting in 1993, which has;
1. Cost Maine consumers Billions of dollars in wasted premium costs and jeopardized their health.
2. Forced the exodus of employers (and our young people), and erected a barricade to new business start ups.
3. Created a huge health insurance monopoly.
4. Deliberately caused a problem of catastrophic proportions, just so the state could "step up to the plate" with the "solution"
This past decade of health insurance inflation has been nothing more than a cruel experiment on the working people of Maine.
I've included a couple of excerpts from Maine Statutes, Title 24-A specific to the current manufactured "crisis"
The first attachment-"Don't Let the Door Hit-cha":
In 1993 they knew their actions would destroy the individual market and drive insurance companies out of the state, so they included what I call the "Don't let the Door Hit-cha" provision in the law.
The second attachment-"Guaranteed Issue/Renewal":
One of the reasons Maine citizens are forced to pay 2 to 3 times more than folks "back in the states" Guaranteed Issue is a destructive concept compelling companies to sell to all comers, regardless of health.
See: http://www.cagionline.org/docs.php
Guaranteed renewal, however, is a good thing. The opponents of LD 1496 are trying to use to confuse the debate. No one is proposing it's elimination.
It means once underwritten, a client cannot be bumped upward into a more expensive rate classification or dropped from coverage.
The third attachment- "WHY, WHY, WHY":
Good questions to ask the opponents of health insurance market based reform.
Sincerely,
Michael Vaughan HD105