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Some doubts coming out already about Obama's health care insurance. On Kos a diary list some of the doubts this morning:

Obama: Health Insurance is NOT Health CARE!!!
by JDWolverton

Here's the problems with this plan.

No information about co-pays or co-insurance.
Nothing substantive about how much the working poor will have to contribute to their insurance premiums.
Nothing about how to reel in pharma costs.
No plan for helping people with health insurance, who can't afford the co-pays.
Equating people's health insurance with car insurance is just insulting to people.
Enforcement - How do you enforce the health insurance requirement?
This plan fails to realize the underpinnings of the uninsured.
Nothing about how the rules will be enforced upon insurance companies.
No mandate of what percentage of premuim payments must be spent on health care.
This plan only addresses the uninsured due to pre-existing condtitions and the uninsured due to poverty, but the assurances to the working poor that they will be able to "buy" coverage are anemic. The third category of the uninsured are the young, healthy individuals thinking they can beat fate. I suppose the threat of enforcement is something, but if you are single and healthy with no dependents - what will be a viable threat? Money?

Obama is optimistic that this plan will work. The face of it looks ok, but the devil is in the details.

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Reader Comments
  
I only have TWO words for this:
By Julie May 29th 2007 at 11:13 am EDT
INSURANCE LOBBYISTS

Compare to the Kucinich Plan:
which simply expands Medicare to cover everyone.
EVERYONE--FREE

Course, Kucinich can't get it taken seriously, because
HE DUMPS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES!
who are responsible for about 30% of all health costs.
  
Two words
By dk2 May 29th 2007 at 11:30 am EDT
I have concerns about Mental Illness being covered. In John Edwards plan - mental illness to be covered equally. That is a big step for people that have children with autism or other disorders that may require physical therapy but are denied because the illness is not covered.

Forcing the cost out of pocket.
Re: Two words
By Julie May 30th 2007 at 8:46 pm EDT
Kucinich Plan covers dental and mental health care as well as 'regular' health care'
  
Edwards and Kucinich
By RDillon May 29th 2007 at 11:36 am EDT
Have both put a lot of time on this and have great plans. Obama's plan does have problems, namely the ones listed above. I still think Edwards is the best candidate to win, and bring about real Progressive change!!