Health Reform and Your Insurance
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2010-10-07/health-reform-and-your-insurance
The new health care law is national, but its effects will be felt locally by individuals and insurance companies as they interpret and navigate the new rules. We talk to officials in Maryland and D.C. about how the long-sought health care reform will change the local experience in the Washington region.
Guests
Gennet Purcell
Commissioner and Agency head of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
Beth Sammis
Acting Commissioner, Maryland Insurance Administration
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Thanks for this show.
I am a freelancer, and can tell you all that as a result of health care reform, insurance has gotten really bad for private individuals (those not covered by employer insurance).
Rates went up already - in September - by 30%.
And there is no health insurance company in America except for Kaiser that provides maternity coverage for women (women who are buying insurance not through an employer).
I've been absolutely shocked by this, and feel like I have been completely hammered by health care reform - it's hitting me really hard, and I'm not seeing anything get better.
Dear Kojo Nnamdi,
Thank you so much for your show on health insurance; I found it fascinating (not sarcasm). Your show on health insurance has caused me to rethink and most likely change my political party. I had no idea that currently, it is legal in the U.S. for the individual States to implement a socialist, centralized command style economy. When I heard your guests from D.C. and Maryland talk about how they control the maximum level of profit that health insurance companies can earn, I was shocked. I firmly believe in a free market style economy. Encouraging competition increases quality and reduces prices. Socialism reduces prices but reduces quality.