Mandatory Health Insurance for Political Profit
December 23, 2007
Health insurance in todays political scenario often means forced purchase of health insurance at a high price with minimum benefits. After this comes the claim that health insurance has been provided to everyone.
There is news all around about making health insurance purchases mandatory. If this opinion finds more takers, you might find a family of two people earning just above $50,000 paying $12,000 for health insurance. Fabian Nunez, California Assembly Speaker is proposing legislation that would result in employers contributing only 6.5 percent to employee insurance as against a current 13 percent.
This would result in individuals paying more or being fined by the state. In the presidential debate this proposal has been clothed as progressive reform! In my opinion, Mandatory health insurance is more about political profit than progress. Progress is doing the right thing and not the wrong. Making people compulsorily buy health insurance or face fines is the wrong thing.
Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that in Californian politics, politicians need medical insurance cash to remain in office.
