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• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • ehorth, that actually is not the business model. Failure to pay claims is the number one reason why companies and employees dump their carriers. But there are systemic impediments to flexibility.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • Why?

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • You are so spot on that it isn't about health care, it's about the health coverage.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • I agree that the current state of HSA's is ridiculous. It's tie to insurance must be severed. It should not serve as the "deductible" to a primary insurance plan nor should insurance control deductibles ever again.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • How much do you or your employer pay for your health insurance coverage now? Additionally, I think that the Federal Government, in its infinite wisdom, can structure tax credits for this purpose that will be far more effective than sending people rebate checks.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • With all due respect, please point out where I've disagreed with that concept. What I've done in several posts is illustrate how we get to the type of problem depicted this AM on Today. I don't disagree with you, at all.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • Very good question. I suspect that since an employer pays upwards of $15,000 per year to fund health insurance premiums, that is one logical source for the funding of an HSA.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • Health insurance is the only insurance that you purchase in hopes that you will be able to use it - If you are employed, your employer purchases it, at great expense, and you are then covered. It reduces the cost of your medical care, including your well visits.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • JLunn, in the story told this AM on Today, the parents stated that the child required therapy. She had a gag issue. It's part of the story. So, yes she did.

• When it comes to children and health insurance, should size matter?

  Wed Oct 21, 2009
  • The child has not been denied health care. The child has been denied insurance coverage. Care is available.