The Problem With Delay

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The original goal of the President and Congress was to get healthcare reform passed by October.  That deadline (and a few others) have come and gone, and healthcare reform is still being ironed out.  What are the consequences of the delay?

Hot Air posted an article by Ed Morrissey today on what is happening to public opinion regarding the healthcare reform bill now being ironed out in Congress.  As time goes on, more and more people are learning what is in the bill, and the response is not positive.  Many young voters are starting to come to grips with the idea that they will be required by law to purchase health insurance.  Since one of the tenets of youth is the idea that you are 'invincible,' the idea of having to purchase insurance is not always well received. 

Rather than allow the 'invincible' youth to purchase a simple polilcy that would cover emergency hospitalization, the healthcare reform proposal requires them to purchase comprehensive healthcare coverage--at a much higher price.  This underwrites the cost of insuring the older population and the increased number of people being insured. 

Mr. Morrissey points out:

"For younger people, an inexpensive hospitalization policy makes the most sense, with the occasional doctor's visit handled with cash.  A full physical would normally cost only $200 or less, which makes spending $300 a month on a comprehensive policy (the Minnesota average for 2007) an obvious waste, even if someone got a full physical every quarter.  It doesn't take a postgraduate degree in economics to figure that out -- and to figure out why politicians need to use the power of federal government to coerce younger people into economic slavery to the vast majority of the country that need their risk subsidized."

The requirement for young people to pay for something they don't need, along with the serious reduction in medical care that will be available to the elderly, make this bill hard to swallow for people of all ages.  The more people learn about the current healthcare reform proposal, the less they like it.  That is a good reason for further delay!

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