You can't buy insurance when the house is on fire. Community rating kills health insurance
Hartnedy, J.A.
Postgraduate Medicine 95(7): 75-8,81
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 8197058 Document Number: 437847
Why does health insurance cost so much? According to the vice president at the insurance company that pioneered high-deductible health insurance to go with medical savings accounts, a big factor is that insurance companies are being asked to solve social problems. Mr Hartnedy offers a solution to America's healthcare-delivery plight that includes empowerment of individuals and preservation of choice.
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