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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Nice insights, Keeley. One more reason to should be a Town Crier.<BR>
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From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com on behalf of keely emerinemix<BR>
Sent: Tue 1/10/2012 2:05 PM<BR>
To: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com; Contact - thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>
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One problem with "firing" your health insurer is that, until Obamacare, any gap between that entity's coverage and the replacement coverage you find can automatically result in either your non-acceptance or your having to pay a higher premium for having come to the new company from "uninsured" status. And if you can find something you can afford among those companies that will accept you, you might find yourself delaying treatment for the initial medical problem because of an inability to afford the premiums or the deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses. <BR>
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If I don't like my local Conoco station, I can easily "fire" them and go to Cenex. But only someone blissfully out of touch or callously unaffected would presume that "firing" one's health insurer is even possible at times, much less a simple case of "voting with your wallet."<BR>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:31:02 -0800<BR>
From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>
To: kjajmix1@msn.com; thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
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Bad choice of words for Romney. I think what he meant was the he liked having the authority to decide who provides him services for health care. I have to agree, that it would be horrible not be able to have the power to dismiss a service provider that you don't like. Any football fan that has had Time Warner or Dish Network as a television provider would have to agree. Donovan Arnold<BR>
From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com><BR>
To: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 8:36 PM<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>
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Besides the cringeworthiness of Romney's words is the reality that "firing" one's health insurance company virtually guarantees great difficulty in finding another . . .<BR>
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Keely<BR>
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<BR>
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> From: thansen@moscow.com<BR>
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:58:26 -0800<BR>
> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?<BR>
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> "I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people that provide services to me."<BR>
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> - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (January 9,<BR>
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> Video courtesy of the Associated Press.<BR>
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> This video is going to get lots of mileage over the next few weeks.<BR>
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> Seeya later, Moscow.<BR>
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