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Precursor to State Run Healthcare System:
To The Editor: Senate Bill 505 does not
and will not “Fix Fairness” to pricing at hospitals. The bills sponsor, Senator Has- san, claims “it would bring competition to the state’s health insurance market and fairness to hospitals.” Senator Hassan either does not understand the frame work of how insurance in the free market works or she hides her true agenda of social engineering with feel good legislation. The broad premises of
this legislation is to not only control costs of hospitals but to eventually set rates for hospitals, physicians and insurance providers. The senator further claims “it would bring fairness at hospitals in pricing and competition to the health insurance market place.” I would ask. What com- petition? There are only 5 insurers within N.H. that control the pricing with An- them leading the charge. It is a monopolistic market place with no competition. Let me assure the reader of this article- there is noth- ing fair about government controlling pricing. And of equal import, there is noth- ing in this proposed legisla- tion that would enhance the 21 insurers that were driven from the state by Jeanne Shaheen in 1994 to re-enter the market with- out removing or addressing the existing regulations that hinder competition. Senator Hassan knows
or should know; most hospitals within the state are governed by charita- ble trusts regulations and overseen by the N.H. At- torney General’s office. Thus they are limited to specific rules and regula- tions in terms of commu- nity service. Furthermore, these same regulations oblige hospitals to provide resources for those in need within the community in-
cluding the indigent. Set- ting prices as so proposed by this legislation is not only a bad idea it would exacerbate an already de- ficient system of Medicaid re-imbursement payments to hospitals providing these much needed services. Here is an idea for con-
sideration. Let us work to attract more competition to the insurance market place by allowing medical underwriting within the frame work of a tiering sys- tem that is similar to the current system that auto- mobile insurance compa- nies operate under. The current health insurance market system now allows underwriting that was sup- posed to be non-existent when Jeanne Shaheen sponsored legislation back in 1994. Let us open up the health insurance land- scape to competition that will allow health insur- ance companies to access the N.H. consumer with a much needed competitive pricing system.
If Senator
Hassan thinks fairness is the determinate factor in health care, why doesn’t she sponsor legislation that will bring fairness to the insurance market place by removing the monopoly and price fixing among the few insurance carriers that are currently in place, and allow purchasing of insur- ance across state lines. This will bring in my opin- ion not only fairness but much needed reform to the health insurance market. Much of the debate cur- rently in Washington cen- ters on measures which included a government-run insurance program that would compete with com- mercial insurance com- panies. Furthermore, a great deal of the pro- posed legislation is replete with government imposed mandates on commercial insurance carriers regard- less of the territory and demographics of which the
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