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Ma'ake · 08-05-2008, 06:29 AM

http://health.usnews.com/articles/he...cally-ill.html

Certainly many uninsured choose to be that way (young & healthy) but there are many who struggle with serious, chronic, (expensive) illness.

The combination of paying out-of-pocket & having catostrophic insurance for the big stuff is inadequate for this category of people, essentially the "untouchables" in the current market.

Are there conservative models that mandate a standard of coverage without penalties for the genuinely unfortunate? (eg, type I diabetes, inherited heart disease, kidney disease, etc.)

08-05-2008, 06:29 AM	#1
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	1/3 of working uninsured chronically ill http://health.usnews.com/articles/he...cally-ill.html Certainly many uninsured choose to be that way (young & healthy) but there are many who struggle with serious, chronic, (expensive) illness. The combination of paying out-of-pocket & having catostrophic insurance for the big stuff is inadequate for this category of people, essentially the "untouchables" in the current market. Are there conservative models that mandate a standard of coverage without penalties for the genuinely unfortunate? (eg, type I diabetes, inherited heart disease, kidney disease, etc.) Last edited by Ma'ake; 08-05-2008 at 06:31 AM.