Angle Suggests Free Market Could Solve Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage

[TomCADem]

Source: Huffington Post

Nevada Republican Senatorial candidate Sharron Angle suggested on Monday that she'd prefer free-market remedies to a legislative mandate that insurance companies be required to cover people with pre-existing conditions.

During an appearance on the conservative Bill Manders show, a caller asked Angle whether she supported the position adopted by, among others, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who came out in opposition to the forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions as part of the president's health care reform package. The caller, who opposed Obama's bill, nevertheless thought Hukcabee's position was a bit callous.

"Well," said Angle. "I'm so glad you mentioned that this is about insurance company cost and not about how good our health care is in this country because we do have the beast health care in the whole world. And our doctors really do deliver for us. So, thank you for mentioning that this is an insurance problem, not a health care problem. And ObamaCare really hasn't addressed the insurance problem.

"We know that the insurance cost problem can be addressed very well by the free market. And when you talk about what those solutions are. Part of them is get rid of the mandated coverages. Another: go across state lines. Another: tort reform. And another: broaden those pools. Allow small businesses to build a pool of their own that spreads out those risks. When you spread out the risk then you can cover pre-existing conditions because the cost comes down. That's really the answer. It's in the free market. And I'm so glad you mentioned that... because you're exactly right: it's a health insurance cost and we can deal with it in the free market."


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/angle-suggests-free-marke_n_733545.html

[PSPS]

1. "broaden those pools"

And another: broaden those pools. Allow small businesses to build a pool of their own that spreads out those risks. When you spread out the risk then you can cover pre-existing conditions because the cost comes down.

In other words, Medicare for all. Problem solved from the mouth of the chicken lady herself!

(Disregard her other meandering RW talking points.)

[cliffordu]

2. I agree. Those free market solutions have worked so well so far....

:sarcasm:

Teh stoopid, it burns...

[JDPriestly]

3. The free market has had its chance. It blew it.

The folks with the money just wallow in greed and make a myth of the "free market." It's only free for the rich. If you don't have a lot of money, you don't even get into the "free market."

[Starry Messenger]

4. +1000

[aquart]

5. The free market regulates by death.

That would be the solution.

[ejpoeta]

6. it is true that when you spread out the risk the costs go down..... for everyone.

a good reason to have universal healthcare. this idea that the free market will solve that is hilarious. the free market only wants healthy people so that they can get the money without having to pay any money out. because they are in it for profits. you allow insurance companies to go across state lines and you are going to have one state housing all the insurance companies.... a state with little to no regulations at all and then no one would have any protections.

personally, i don't believe it's right to mandate people to buy into the system as it is right now.

[area51]

7. +1 n/t

[hobbit709]

8. Let's see it solve her "pre-existing condition" first.

[No Elephants]

9. "we do have the beast health care in the whole world." Rethugs need to stop lying.

[spanone]

10. dear dumbfuck sharon, we have a free market and it fucking ain't working.

[tanyev]

11. The free market has already offered their solution for pre-existing conditions.

That's why the legislative mandate was necessary.

[era veteran]

12. Stupid manifests itself as a living entity

WTF do you think has been happening for the last 40 years??? Nevada are you as stupid as that?