Health Care Reform's Effect on Supplemental Health Insurance?

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Aetna is overseas as well.....They even have contracts with the British Government.

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So does UHC. That is where they got Simon Stevens who was Tony Blairs health policy advisor. Keep in mind though that work they are doing with those governments is mostly management consulitng, not policy sales with some limited exceptions.

When you talked about companies being able to do more business overseas I had a hard time seeing that happening in Europe, but possibly Asia and the article you posted confirms that. Selling core health insurance policies in countries that have government run programs is not a big market for obvious reasons. And yes I know they do some critical illness type business. I considered that Asia could be a possibility and in fact Cigna's plans are in that direction.

So where does that leave us? You comment that carriers can always start doing business overseas as a result of Obamacare changes and in fact many are planning to take business to China and southeast asia to try to offset the loss of business here. Nothing new under the sun here. Just more jobs being shipped to China as we continue as a country to be a lousy place to do business (where it is still allowed).

So far I am not on board with your assertion that "Obama does not want to put insurance carriers out of business and that it is win-win for both." Unless you mean he is giving them great opportunities to relocate to China as he closes their markets down here. That's too commie for me.
 
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Obamacare will all but kill the individual and small group market. Larger groups, especially those that are self funded, will continue to survive just like they did in states that passed stupid "consumer protection" laws.
 
Obamacare will all but kill the individual and small group market. Larger groups, especially those that are self funded, will continue to survive just like they did in states that passed stupid "consumer protection" laws.
correct. he is a common criminal. for doing these horrific things to our country.
 
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