Finance and Business

We hate making mistakes. But if we think about it, we come to realize that they usually happen because of 0 experiences. Insurance is not to be kidded around with as no matter which one it is – health or automobile one, you have to take it seriously.

What do we usually do before the actual purchase? We spend hours thinking if we really need it and if the money is going to be worth spending. It is correct to do so but it is better to prepare yourself for this important step way before the last minute arrives. You can think anything you want about your insurance – you may consider it a waste of money or on the contrary a very smart investment but in reality you have to do certain things only when you really need them. Can insurance company be trusted? Surely it can be. But you have to remember to shop around and to compare prices and offers. Read the rest of this entry »

To encourage the Democrats to vote through his healthcare reform bill, Obama framed the moment as one of morality. He argued everyone should have a right to basic health care. This was the chance for politicians to stand up for what was right, even though they might lose their elected jobs as a result. Yet, if you look at the numbers, this law is not going to deliver universal coverage. In socialized countries, everyone has a right to care. What is now branded as Obamacare will only add about 32 million people to the insurance market.

That was said about 10% of the US population. This makes for an interesting possible result. A small percentage of the population gets access to care and the costs for everyone else go up. It is that fear driving a general loss of support for the law. Whether it will turn out that way is anyone’s guess. It is incredibly difficult to predict the future with any certainty. All that can be said with any certainty is that the majority of the Democrats feel good about themselves for voting the bill into law. They walked the walk along the moral high ground while the GOP was the party of “No” that wanted to sacrifice people’s health for their own political advantage.

It is a tragedy for all thinking people the means of passing the law was framed in such black and white terms. If the two sides in a debate can never agree on anything because the other side is immoral scum, it gets very difficult to enact good laws. No one has a monopoly on good ideas. Indeed, the federal law bears a striking resemblance to the law in Massachusetts. When Mitt Romney pushed it through, conservatives hailed the reforms even though it imposed a mandate on Americans to buy insurance. Now Romney is leading the charge accusing Obama of an unconstitutional abuse of power. This is modern Communism he asserts, quietly forgetting his own law. When both sides are committed to disagreeing, truth is sacrificed and hypocrisy rules. So where does this leave us with the insurance companies? Read the rest of this entry »