Obamacare - a non profit co-op health insurer? Is this some kind of dream?

[mota bhai 2,675]

So I just found the names of the three insurance companies that will be offering policies on our marketplace. One of them is a non-profit co-op I've never heard of before. But I love the idea. This is what Blue Cross used to be before they went all corporate.

http://newjersey.healthrepublic.us/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

cool

[Darnell 8,478]

More Choices ! Yay !

[Peikko 1,575]

So I just found the names of the three insurance companies that will be offering policies on our marketplace. One of them is a non-profit co-op I've never heard of before. But I love the idea. This is what Blue Cross used to be before they went all corporate.

http://newjersey.healthrepublic.us/

It's socialism gone mad!

I need to find something like that CA, but I bet I can't.

[Protocol417 161]

Non-profit co-op health insurance... kind of like what they have in Germany?

[RGinWA 816]

Oh yeah, well the Nazi's had co-op low cost nonprofit socialist health insurance in their concentration camps. Look how that turned out? Vote this down 60 more times!

That was my inner Republican being channeled.

[Karee 4,190]

Seems like a good idea. Some things should not be profitable. Making sure someone doesn't die should probably be one of them. I think that's what credit unions do. My dad told me that when he worked for Michigan Bell and was a member of the phone company credit union, he would get a check every year that they gave to all the members when they made a profit. I don't know if they still do that.

I also don't think pharmaceutical companies should be able to advertise. Frankly seeing two people sitting next to each other in bathtubs isn't going to make me buy ####### pills. Either I need them or I don't.

I guess there's a socialist buried deep down inside me somewhere.

That was my inner Republican being channeled.

Dude. Stop reading my mind. You're creeping me out.

[RGinWA 816]

Seems like a good idea. Some things should not be profitable. Making sure someone doesn't die should probably be one of them. I think that's what credit unions do. My dad told me that when he worked for Michigan Bell and was a member of the phone company credit union, he would get a check every year that they gave to all the members when they made a profit. I don't know if they still do that.

I also don't think pharmaceutical companies should be able to advertise. Frankly seeing two people sitting next to each other in bathtubs isn't going to make me buy ####### pills. Either I need them or I don't.

I guess there's a socialist buried deep down inside me somewhere.

Dude. Stop reading my mind. You're creeping me out.

Healthcare cost are insane in this country. I posted a couple days back that I was charged $4000 for 6 stitches? A 45 minute visit should never cost 4 grand. Unless a special service is being performed by two professionals. lol

Healthcare should be excluded from profit. We already spend billions on research grants. I believe Doctors should be paid well, but I get the feeling the Doctors aren't the ones getting fat off this system.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Seems like a good idea. Some things should not be profitable. Making sure someone doesn't die should probably be one of them. I think that's what credit unions do. My dad told me that when he worked for Michigan Bell and was a member of the phone company credit union, he would get a check every year that they gave to all the members when they made a profit. I don't know if they still do that.

I also don't think pharmaceutical companies should be able to advertise. Frankly seeing two people sitting next to each other in bathtubs isn't going to make me buy ####### pills. Either I need them or I don't.

I guess there's a socialist buried deep down inside me somewhere.

Dude. Stop reading my mind. You're creeping me out.

USSA still gives out a check every year if they make a profit

[Karee 4,190]

USSA still gives out a check every year if they make a profit

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association?

http://ussa.org/about

Maybe you mean USAA.