Stossel, Sick in America, Part 2
July 25th, 2008 | by Brian Schwartz |Continued from Part 1.
Topics:
- pre-existing conditions
- Michael Moore on why insurers deny care (Moore did not confront insurance executives about this.)
- Stossel’s interview with an executive (Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans)
- claims denial rate, consumer satisfaction with coverage (sites a NY Times/CBS Poll, 87%),
- prevalence of insurance fraud, bad incentives of insurance
- What if car insurance covered oil changes?
- Cato’s Michael Cannon on opacity of costs to doctors and patients
- politicians on the number of uninsured (Huckabee - 40 million, Romney - 45 million, Obama - 46 million, Clinton - 47 million)
- insulation vs. insurance
- Whole Foods employee insurance plans (HSAs)
