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Old 01-20-2010, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Danzig
i would rather they passed something with incentives for more employers to offer insurance. since it seems for the most part to be handled by businesses anyway, they need to make it easier, more affordable to get for small businesses. then, if it didn't cost the employer so much, they in turn wouldn't have to get the employee to pay such a large portion. more purchasers in turn drives down cost. more purchasers engenders more competition as well between insurers.
That was there. It was called, "the public option" and "insurance exchanges". The Republicans wouldn't approve it. So it's gone.

Now the House bill does have some insurance exchanges left for companies to try and buy less expensive insurance, but who knows if it will remain.
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