There isn’t going to be a repeal in any health insurance plan of the future for coverage of people with pre-existing conditions. Most Americans want it, period. Now, how Romney achieves this is another thing, but he will. Probably via high risk pool insurance, which is doable. And by being able to choose policies intra-state. Or by other cost effective methods. Not as a giveaway. But if any of you think that any politician would say no to coverage of people with pre-existing conditions, including Gingrich, Santorum, Cain, Perry, any of them, you are deluding yourselves.
As to letting young people stay on their parents’ policies, who gives a hoot. So what. There’s no coercion involved, in fact it is highly capitalistic. If the parents want to keep their kids on their policy, it’s their money they choose to spend, no one is forcing them, the insurance companies make money, the hospitals don’t have to worry about treating someone who has no insurance coverage, and the young person has some peace of mind. A win win, from my perspective. I couldn’t care less if parents put a son or daughter of theirs even if 50 years old on their policy. As long as they are paying for it, and not the state or federal gov’t, so what? They can also choose not to, to say no to their kid, go out and get a job and pay for your own It’s the parents’ choice. You don’t have to pay anything out, they are. It’s the parents’ money to do with what they want, whether it be a smart move or a dumb move from your perspective. It’s their business, not yours.
And it’s perfectly capitalistic. They are choosing to do with their money what they want. Not you, not the state, not the federal gov’t, so where’s the beef? I think it is just because the idea started under the Obama Admin, therein lies the rub. Well, it was one of the few ideas that doesn’t gouge Joe Sixpack with a mandate, more of that kind of thinking should be encouraged. It leaves the expenses of who to insure for whatever reason up to the consumer, as it should be.