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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><br>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><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">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><br><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>Bad choice of words for <span id="ecxmisspell-0">Romney</span>. 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.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="padding:0px;height:0px;line-height:0;font-size:0px" class="hr"></div> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>; vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 9, 2012 8:36 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<br> </font> <br><div id="ecxyiv1572127002">
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Besides the <span id="ecxmisspell-2" class="mark">cringeworthiness</span> of Romney's words is the reality that "firing" <span id="ecxmisspell-3" class="mark">one's</span> health insurance company virtually guarantees great difficulty in finding another . . . <br><br><font color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><div><div id="ecxyiv1572127002SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> 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>> <br>> "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>> <br>> - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (January 9,
2012)<br>> <br>> Video courtesy of the Associated Press.<br>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfWB64iHAs<br>> <br>> --------------------<br>> <br>> This video is going to get lots of mileage over the next few weeks.<br>> <br>> <span id="ecxmisspell-4" class="mark">Seeya</span> later, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Spokane, Washington<br>> <br>> "If not us, who?<br>> If not now, when?"<br>> <br>> - Unknown<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the <span id="ecxmisspell-5" class="mark">Palouse</span> since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></div> </div></div>
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