The problem is a lot of people think the government can mandate insurance companies cover certain health care issues and neglect to understand it will come at a cost.
There are a lot of working people who can't afford health care as it is, but when insurance companies have to provide even more care, they'll pass on the costs to their customers.
That will make insurance even more expensive and less affordable and less people will have access to insurance. How that is a good thing is beyond me.
Its ironic the government is trying to force insurance companies to expand health care when they're cutting medicare and medicaid due to limited budgets. They're already limiting the number of prescriptions you can get, and they'll be making more cuts in the future.
Frag if I were working, I'd have been bankrupted at the forth open heart surgery, and God only knows how I'd have health care as insurance companies routinely deny insurance to those with birth defects or make it so expensive that its unaffordable.
Medical expenses keep rising, and there's no easy fix to the problem. The government can't just give health care to everyone, as I mentioned elsewhere they can't cover the people they support.
I'm just fortunate my meds are cheap and when I have to pay for them, it won't be that bad, but there are people with meds that cost hundreds if not thousands of $$$ that won't get their meds because they can't afford to pay for them and the government is no longer paying for them.
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