[ljco]

On average there are 36 federally mandated coverages that all insured party must pay for. Ridiculous. My husband shouldn't have to pay for maternity care.

This "reform" isn't about making health insurance more affordable, its about giving the government more power.

What is most ironic about the whole thing - the Dems who scream and throw temper tantrums about privacy are ready and willing to serve up extremely sensitive health information to themselves on a silver platter. Can you say hypocrisy? Unreal.

[GovernmentShrinker]

And then there are all the state mandates on top of the federal. In New York, “catastrophic only” policies are illegal — so if I want to pay out of pocket for routine and relatively minor things, I can’t just buy a a policy to cover huge, totally unexpected things — I either have to have no insurance at all, or pay the inflated policy rates for coverage including routine/minor things. Several states are now mandating infertility coverage, even up through ages where infertility is basically normal and foreseeable.