OPINION:
President Obama and the liberals like to shout about the unfairness of insurance companies not covering pre-existing conditions. Evidently, they have no idea that the insurance industry was built on the practice of not covering pre-existing conditions. I know - I spent 20 years in the insurance industry.
They don’t seem to realize that the concept of health insurance cannot work if it doesn’t exclude pre-existing conditions. When inexperienced, arrogant ideologues like Mr. Obama come to office, they tear down the fabric of society and rip apart workable industries.
Are we supposed to insure houses when they are already on fire or let cancer victims not pay for insurance until they are sick - and then pick up the tab for the remainder of their lives? If the newly afflicted didn’t pay for insurance before, how are we supposed to pay for their illnesses when they are ill? From what pool of money will we fund a cure?
DAVID LAWRENCE
New York
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