Insurance has always been predicated and calculated using actuarial statistics. That means they use real-life numbers of incidents per 1000 to determine the likelihood of having to pay a claim. The ONLY way they could keep the tables working was to eliminate a portion of the population with PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
Insurance WAS a business. Now "health care" has become a political term for health insurance, and they have changed the formula to include anybody that will pay a premium. Unfortunately, there is now not enough money available to pay the bills... but they knew that before they destroyed a perfectly good BUSINESS MODEL!
Lies and damnable lies. Obama is the king! Pelosi/Reid are the enablers along with all the rest of the Rinos and Dims...
Some FReepers like to claim superiority because they have chosen to stay in Amerika. I now live in the Philippines. They openly disdain anybody that chooses to live elsewhere. I chose to live where my meager SS income can support a decent lifestyle, and I can live in comfort until that runs out. We (my Filipina wife and I) are starting a pizzeria and coffee shop, and plan to bank it so we can live when the American dream disappears in smoke...
At least here, you know the corruption here is blatant and the politicians openly pay for votes. No Obamaphones here. Only 1000Ph pesos direct payments in cash (44.5p=1USD today) will buy a vote! That will buy about 24 kilos of rice (43 pesos will buy 1 kilo) and feed a family for a couple of months... and Lechon Baboy is 300p per kilo!
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