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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Highly unlikely according to Ron Wyden, a Democratic senator from Oregon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/op...yden.html?_r=1
The exchanges are a fantasy. Few exist in the US. No one can be sure the will work as designed. Esp the people who do know about them. It was a dreamed up idea that has failed in Mass and is going to fail on a National level. |
The Wyden column is from September, in reference to one of the first versions of the Senate bill.
The final Senate bill gives flexibility to the states to determine how large employers (that currently offer insurance) can enter the Exchange 2-3 years after implementation. The House bill is more straight forward - large employers are allowed to enter the Exchange after that implementation period.
The source? Read the legislation.
You may think it is a fantasy and that insurance companies will not chose to participate in an Exchange that gives them access to 30+ million customers. I think they will chose to particiate...or at least enough to provide consumer choice at affordable rates.
I think its worth a shot and that the companies want the business and you have already declared it a failed fantasy.
It doesnt make either one of us right or wrong....just a difference of opinion.