Monday, February 11, 2008

Resolved Question: Do we need to deregulate the health insurance industry?

i just called select quote and got a quote for a fixed 30 year insurance plan for 500,000 at $38/month. do you all think that's a good rate? they don't charge me anything if i choose to discontinue the insurance. i wanted to get some feedback from you all. i was interested in it bc i just had my son and wanted it "just in case." in your experience is the deal i got good? i calculated it and if i paid 38 dollars/month for 30 years and nothing happened to me it would be over 13,000 down the drain. but i guess that's the purpose of insurance. please let me know your thoughts.

and, i got the quote over the phone and may have lied about my weight, etc. the rep told me later in the convo that a nurse practitioner will be coming by my house to take a physical and will want my doctor's info to get my medical records. what are your experiences with that?

Resolved Question: Do we need to deregulate the health insurance industry?


Insurance companies are one of the most regulated industries on the planet. Instead of putting in place a Universal Healthcare System, should we model health insurance around the life insurance model in place today?

If we deregulate the insurance industry and allowed competition across state lines, it would be affordable.

You can have whole health that grows in value until you need it like whole life. You buy it young to get the cheap rates. You have term health that can be bought in 1 year, 5 year, 10 year or 20 year increments like term life. Premiums would be based upon the policy you choose and a physical exam.

1 year term health would be the cheapest and would cover the basic healthcare and the cost adjusts every year we get older. Whole health would be the most expensive and if you didn't use the entire policy when you die, the retained value passes onto your children or spouse.

To me this makes sense vs. UHC. Thoughts?

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posted by TR Loy @ 10:30 AM