Quote:So what, you can only buy plans from insurers in FL? Aren't most insurers nation wide?

 

I don't know I still think health insurance is a thing that as long as it's required it will be taking advantage of people. I mean the rates they can charge based on things like pre-existing conditions can be insane. They do everything they can to not pay out claims. It's just crazy to me that in this day and age we treat healthcare like a big business and in a lot circles laud these guys. It's not oil, healthcare shouldn't be treated like a commodity in my opinion. 

 

I agree, it shouldn't be, but in reality what isn't a commodity? Education, Housing, Electricity, Water, all these things are vital to society and they're looked at as commodities, why is healthcare different?

 

Just because it's a commodity doesn't mean we should or that we do deny it to people, the poor for example are able to get treated at hospitals and the bill is figured out later. Now that creates problems with people abusing the system sure but the reality is abuse of the system was our greatest problem. Instead of figuring out ways to deal with or eliminate abuse we created a bigger system that will be harder to control fraud.

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