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Letting market forces rule satisfies the cost cutters in the state, but it also helps the patients. The Arizona program does not permit would-be providers to select only the healthiest patients, a practice called cherry picking in the health-care business. If providers want a contract, they must be prepared to take on the care of the disabled, the elderly, and women and children...
...American women are the healthiest, most coddled, most protected women on the planet," Zubaty said. "They are not expected to fight in wars, mine coal, pour asphalt, or lay bricks. Women receive welfare benefits that are withheld from men. Women are an exalted majority, not a victimized minority...
...began at a crawl but has settled into a comfortable trot, the prospects for the U.S. economy are now among the brightest since World War II. The country is "in the midst of a long, durable and sustainable expansion" that could prove to be "one of the longest and healthiest upturns in the modern era," said Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Lehman Brothers. Concurred Jerry Jasinowski, an economist and president of the National Association of Manufacturers: "The economy is probably in better overall shape than it's been in a decade...
...reassure consumers to know that community rating is an old idea whose time has come around again. At the moment, health-insurance premiums vary wildly. The healthiest and the youngest customers enjoy the lowest costs, while those most in need of care are socked with steep and often unaffordable costs. Clinton's plan would equalize premiums so that no one is priced out of insurance by a sudden health problem or the loss of a job. Most legislators agree that some leveling of premiums is required, but Republicans and some conservative Democrats are shifting into stronger opposition to what they...
...that enjoys almost universal support, cannot be addressed in a vacuum. Much like anatomy, all the pieces connect: the aging and the sick are connected to the young, who need employers to ease their new burden, who need the cooperation of other employers to spread the costs. Otherwise, the healthiest and the wealthiest will forgo insurance -- and America's health-care system could get even sicker...