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Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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Re: Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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Post by madengr »

That's probably the main factor preventing me from quitting and working for myself. Crazy high medical insurance for a family of 4. That and educational savings for kids.

"Free" medical and college would cause a hell of a disruption that corporations would not like.

Re: Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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Post by awareBrah »

Obamacare, the proposed trump care, its all a failure.

Get rid of the employer sponsored plans, that makes no sense at all and makes me hesitant to lose my job because my health relies on it? That is simply absurd. Get rid of this. I'm so frustrated with the healthcare here and I don't understand how Washington can't come up with any real solutions

Re: Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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Post by creaghpatr »

Iowa has only one ACA insurer left and they are raising their rates 43.5%.

Basically providing Obamacare was hemorrhaging so much money that Wellmark and BCBS left, leaving a single payer, that ACA users are forced to use.

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/medica-to-stay...

Re: Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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Post by anovikov »

s73ver wrote: post #2

Basically, do we want to send the signal that entrepreneurship is for everyone, or just the rich and healthy?

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. It is for people who take risks. And yes it takes being healthy, because it is a stress which even most absolutely healthy and young people can't endure. And preferably rich because it sucks being left at the mercy of investors.

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Post by coldpie »

awareBrah wrote: post #5

Obamacare, the proposed trump care, its all a failure. Get rid of the employer sponsored plans, that makes no sense at all and makes me hesitant to lose my job because my health relies on it? That is simply absurd. Get rid of this. I'm so frustrated with the healthcare here and I don't understand how Washington can't come up with any real solutions

Single payer has been proposed many times and works well in the rest of the first world.

Edit: Don't forget to vote every November.

Re: Iowa insurance market collapse could ground young entrepreneurs' dreams

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awareBrah wrote: post #5

Obamacare, the proposed trump care, its all a failure. Get rid of the employer sponsored plans, that makes no sense at all and makes me hesitant to lose my job because my health relies on it? That is simply absurd. Get rid of this. I'm so frustrated with the healthcare here and I don't understand how Washington can't come up with any real solutions

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