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<blockquote data-quote="island1fox" data-source="post: 813168" data-attributes="member: 4816">bbsam,I am not being a wise guy --I feel for you-many of my family and friends in your situation.Presently covered by great UPS plan but in the future will be thrown into medicare.I do not agree with people being &quot;forced&quot; to buy health insurance but until that option of Obama care kicks in --private insurance has no choice but to skyrocket costs. The government has mandated that &quot;children&quot; up to the age of 26 must be covered, pre-exiting conditions cannot prevent you from buying -etc,etc.While those changes sound good --they cost MONEY-- the private insurance rates are going to continue to skyrocket. What may off-set some of that cost --will be the forced buying option --only if the penalty for not doing so is higher. When and if millions of people are forced to buy --the cost basis will go down ---although I still believe all the good changes in healthcare could take place and open up the entire health care industry to the free market.&nbsp;A good analogy the delivery business --if Fedx could only operate in the east --Ups CENTRAL --AND DHL west --package rates would soar.. Because of the free market across state lines competition puts some restraint on costs !!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="island1fox, post: 813168, member: 4816"] bbsam, I am not being a wise guy --I feel for you-many of my family and friends in your situation. Presently covered by great UPS plan but in the future will be thrown into medicare. I do not agree with people being "forced" to buy health insurance but until that option of Obama care kicks in --private insurance has no choice but to skyrocket costs. The government has mandated that "children" up to the age of 26 must be covered, pre-exiting conditions cannot prevent you from buying -etc,etc. While those changes sound good --they cost MONEY-- the private insurance rates are going to continue to skyrocket. What may off-set some of that cost --will be the forced buying option --only if the penalty for not doing so is higher. When and if millions of people are forced to buy --the cost basis will go down ---although I still believe all the good changes in healthcare could take place and open up the entire health care industry to the free market. A good analogy the delivery business --if Fedx could only operate in the east --Ups CENTRAL --AND DHL west --package rates would soar.. Because of the free market across state lines competition puts some restraint on costs !! [/QUOTE]

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