Now the general election is in full swing, and after an August hiatus, it is time to get back to it.

All of this info below is just great news . . . HOWEVER, WHY WILL CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT NOT TACKLE THE REAL ISSUES.  

Pass legislation that OUTLAWS private insurance carriers from excluding potential policy purchasers due to pre-existing conditions, illnesses or surgery.

Pass legislation that OUTLAWS the ability of private insurance companies to drop paying policy holders that THEY deem to be too “high risk” (translation, they have been or may be likely to be sick in the foreseeable future).  

Pass legislation that OUTLAWS the ability of private carriers to impose complex, bizarre and artificial rules on who can be covered (translation, forcing children off of policies when they reach a certain age, defining groups as strangers as opposed to a family).

Pass legislation that OUTLAWS the ability of private carriers to impose arbitrary rate increases independent of their truly necessary reserve levels (and those need to be reviewed) as well as their profits.  CEO’s of health plans making millions is obscene when the front line providers, doctors and nurses, NEVER make that amount of compensation, and when those bonuses are really made in the long run by denying payment for needed services.

Congress, Mr. President, Candidates McCain and Obama, wake up and smell the coffee . . . the current private system, which is essentially unregulated from the market perspective, needs serious overhaul . . . jomaxx

As Congress returns from summer recess, lawmakers are expected to continue needling…health insurers with investigations, while holding off on major healthcare reform until next year.” So far this year, Congress has approved legislation that bans “insurance sales representatives from cold-calling, door-to-door solicitations.” And, analysts are predicting “continued scrutiny on how health insurers market their Medicare Advantage offerings to seniors.” The AP noted, however, that because Democrats are “expected to pick up additional seats in Congress, and possibly the White House in November,” lawmakers will not immediately “tackle campaign promises like expanding government health coverage.” Analysts also say that the “slowing economy, rising food and gas prices, and new tensions with Russia will take precedence over health reform” next year.

See link to full article on CNN Money.com @ . . .