Saturday, November 09, 2013
How ObamaCare Rips Off the 'Young Healthies' - WSJ.com
The "political" concept of most things cannot withstand the logic of a knowledgeable view...
In the Wall Street Journal, Carl Schramm delivers a heavy hit on the idea of health insurance for young people. He begins:
"When ObamaCare is under attack, its defenders retreat to several well-worn claims. Among them is a provision that compels insurance companies to allow parents to keep their 'children' ages of 21 to 26 on their family policies.
Yet this part of the Affordable Care Act was not engineered in response to any noticeable interest group. Instead, political considerations are responsible for the provision—which is an unnecessary and a deceptive ripoff of the 'young healthies.'"
