Why Give Concessions to Insurers?
According to a recent New York Times report on the national health insurance debate titled Many small businesses can no longer afford to cover their workers, employer-sponsored group health insurance plans are foundering because of “soaring premiums.”
During the congressional hearings regarding national health insurance, insurers agreed to make some concessions. But only for individual private health insurance policies or the insurance plans of major corporations. The insurers “balked” at giving similar concessions to small business owners.
The insurers offered key concessions to make it easier for individuals to buy health insurance. Furthermore, the insurers, during the congressional hearings, said they will “sell policies even to people with pre-existing medical conditions, and to stop basing prices on how healthy or sick someone is.”
However, those same insurance companies “appear unwilling to give small employers the same break,” according to the NY Times.
