My problem with the current health care bill is that the health insurance industry will be even more in the driver seat by adding those of the 30 million new members its profitable for them to insure. Plus, the way the system works is still the same: a profit-focused business is responsible for making sure people have adequate coverage for their medical care.
I'm sorry but I just don't believe that the so-called "cost controls" and limitations on the insurance companies will work. Health insurance premiums will continue to skyrocket in order for them to continue to reap healthy profits as will dropping costly members that endanger their profits. THAT IS THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY'S OBLIGATION TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
The health insurance industry has thousands of very skilled and expensive attorneys who work exclusively on ways for the health insurance industry to squirm out of requirements to pay out on claims. They will be working overtime on the "regulations" involved in this bill.
Can anyone really say tell me that now the health insurance industry will play nice and work against their own profit motive?