http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/09/health-care-and-politics-newshour-special-new-documentary-and-new-tools-for-voters Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/09/health-care-and-politics-newshour-special-new-documentary-and-new-tools-for-voters/comment-page-1#comment-688 Margie Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:00:53 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=1456#comment-688 I never really understood why health insurance is tied to people's work. It is awful for people who teach yoga or work in restaurants or freelance writers etc. I would rather see it like car insurance (competitive prices and ala carte). At least insurance companies have changed to make financially fair to married childless couples. You can now do married plus one instead of a whole family. It is not fair that my husband and I would pay family prices without a family. There are many examples of this. Of course, there would have to be some regulations as well to prevent insurance companies from gouging people. Healthy lifestyles (ie:weight etc) should also factor in to prices. I never really understood why health insurance is tied to people’s work. It is awful for people who teach yoga or work in restaurants or freelance writers etc. I would rather see it like car insurance (competitive prices and ala carte). At least insurance companies have changed to make financially fair to married childless couples. You can now do married plus one instead of a whole family. It is not fair that my husband and I would pay family prices without a family. There are many examples of this. Of course, there would have to be some regulations as well to prevent insurance companies from gouging people. Healthy lifestyles (ie:weight etc) should also factor in to prices.

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