Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Democrats Love Higher Premiums

Maybe if Republicans want to start winning more elections they should take a page out of the Democrat playbook.

From the New York Times, "The White House and some economists say such Medigap insurance encourages the overuse of medical care because beneficiaries are shielded from most co-payments and other costs."

When Republicans complained about free contraceptives (among other coverage requirements that Obamacare will implement), the Democrats argued that Republicans want to ban contraceptives.  The Republicans should now talk about how Democrats don't want seniors to have adequate health care, but they won't.

This is more evidence that Democrats hate free markets.  When insurance companies don't have policies they like, they force them to include them and make the insured pay for these policies.  When insurance companies do have policies that people are buying and therefore must prefer, then Democrats want to punish them and again make the insured pay higher premiums.  Why are Democrats so enamored with higher premiums?

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