State Slaps Dr. Do-Good Insurance Bureaucrats Reject $79 Health Plan

NY Post ^ | 3/4/09 | JENNIFER FERMINO

[Marysecretary]

Leave it to NY state. They have rules and regulations for everything but your breathing. Oh, I’d better not give them any ideas...

[socialismisinsidious]

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[monday]

“Also, he’s going to bankrupt himself, his target market is going to be biased toward high cost needs and very low household income levels.”

I suspect he knows his business better than you. As for the rest of your post, you sound like a bureaucrat.

[ArrogantBustard]

To me, this plan looks more like a “retainer” than “insurance”.

[Eva]

Those type of insurance plans were prevalent about 35 years ago, especially with pediatricians and dentists. The doctors liked them for new baby wellness appointments because it encouraged patients to keep up with inoculations and it kept the money coming in on a steady basis.

Dentists liked them for similar reasons, they got paid up front over time, instead after the work was done.