Thursday, September 18, 2008

No Kentuckians on Dem Platform Committee?

Just noticed that the 2008 Democratic Party Platform includes a suggestion that surely means no Kentuckians had input on the document. It states that "health insurance plans should accept all applicants and be prohibited from charging different prices based on pre-existing conditions."

This is exactly the set of circumstances that destroyed Kentucky's health insurance market in 1994.
Seems like one of our folks could have clued them in.
On the other hand, a bill that gave insurers more flexibility to avoid losses from mandated coverages of pre-existing conditions might have the opposite impact on the health insurance market.

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