Wanna know why insurance companies are seeming amicable to so-called non-profit health care co-operatives? In a recent New York Times article by Robert Pear and Gardiner Harris about the new idea of Health Care Co-Operatives, I noticed that BlueCross BlueShield of North Dakota was a nonprofit organization. Mr. Conrad’s own state demonstrates the uncertainties surrounding cooperatives. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota dominates the state’s private insurance market, collecting nearly 90 percent of premiums. As a nonprofit owned by its members, the company would hope to qualify as a co-op under federal legislation, said Paul von Ebers, its incoming (more…)
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25
Aug
2009
Yet Another Post on Health Insurance
After reading this article on Bilerico, sent to me by my friend Ed White. I felt compelled to respond with my own experience. The author makes one glaring mistake that the majority of people in our country make: she has conflated the terms “health care” and “health insurance”. Most health care in our country is par excellance. The problem is access to this care is restricted by ability to pay. Ability to pay means access to affordable health insurance. It has only been in the last few years that I have been able to secure health insurance. Every application was (more…)
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