Comments on: Updated:Duh! Healthcare Bill Doesn’t ‘Outlaw Private Insurance’ http://dailydose.us/2009/07/16/sorry-chickens-little-healthcare-bill-doesnt-outlaw-private-insurance/ Tommy Christopher's Daily Dose Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:33:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian Simpson http://dailydose.us/2009/07/16/sorry-chickens-little-healthcare-bill-doesnt-outlaw-private-insurance/#comment-4096 Brian Simpson Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:56:18 +0000 http://dailydose.us/?p=2309#comment-4096 Caleb, You actually missed the point. The things that Tommy calls "consumer protections" are actually benefit mandates. How exactly a laundry list of preventative measures qualifies as insurance is really beyond me. <blockquote><b>insurance</b>: the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.</blockquote> Does your homeowners insurance cover inspections(physician check-ups)? repainting(any number of cosmetic surgeries that are required in several states)? power washing(teeth cleaning)? The same questions apply to car insurance. But that's okay. These "consumer protections" aren't really the problem, are they? Oh, wait. You say mandates have caused the price of insurance to rise by <b>at least</b> 20%? {I'll let you think about why that's a problem.} Caleb,
You actually missed the point. The things that Tommy calls “consumer protections” are actually benefit mandates. How exactly a laundry list of preventative measures qualifies as insurance is really beyond me.

insurance: the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one’s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.

Does your homeowners insurance cover inspections(physician check-ups)? repainting(any number of cosmetic surgeries that are required in several states)? power washing(teeth cleaning)?

The same questions apply to car insurance.

But that’s okay. These “consumer protections” aren’t really the problem, are they? Oh, wait. You say mandates have caused the price of insurance to rise by at least 20%? {I’ll let you think about why that’s a problem.}

]]> By: absentee http://dailydose.us/2009/07/16/sorry-chickens-little-healthcare-bill-doesnt-outlaw-private-insurance/#comment-4083 absentee Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:08:47 +0000 http://dailydose.us/?p=2309#comment-4083 "The notion that insurance companies can’t compete while consumers are protected is a frightening one. " It's also a fake one. No one is positing that consumer protection precludes competition, straw man. You assume facts not in evidence. Like, for example, that the only valid protection of consumers is preventing purchasing across state lines. Can you back up such an absurd reduction of the debate with a fact or two? I won't hold my breath. (I don't dare risk injury with Obamacare coming.) “The notion that insurance companies can’t compete while consumers are protected is a frightening one. ”

It’s also a fake one. No one is positing that consumer protection precludes competition, straw man. You assume facts not in evidence. Like, for example, that the only valid protection of consumers is preventing purchasing across state lines. Can you back up such an absurd reduction of the debate with a fact or two?

I won’t hold my breath. (I don’t dare risk injury with Obamacare coming.)

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