Comments on: How will the economy affect the prospects for health reform? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/how-will-economy-affect-prospects-for.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/how-will-economy-affect-prospects-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-88555 Anonymous Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/how-will-the-economy-affect-the-prospects-for-health-reform.html#comment-88555 I wish that 20 years ago we had enacted health reform that moved us from employer provided insurance to individually purchased insurance with HSA. Those who don't fit in that--the already ill late middle agers would have aged into medicare by now. <br/><br/>Those getting laid off in their 40's would be able to, even if they have developed chronic conditions in the meantime, keep that policy that they bought 20 years ago paid up using their HSA funds to do so even while unemployed.<br/><br/>It would be nice, we could move around in our work, tolerate periods of unemployment, and even go self-employed without buying new insurance and getting re-rated. I wish that 20 years ago we had enacted health reform that moved us from employer provided insurance to individually purchased insurance with HSA. Those who don’t fit in that–the already ill late middle agers would have aged into medicare by now.

Those getting laid off in their 40’s would be able to, even if they have developed chronic conditions in the meantime, keep that policy that they bought 20 years ago paid up using their HSA funds to do so even while unemployed.

It would be nice, we could move around in our work, tolerate periods of unemployment, and even go self-employed without buying new insurance and getting re-rated.

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