Universal health care coverage makes minimum standards necessary

The first step in moving the United States into the ranks of developed nations with health care coverage for all was to define a minimum acceptable level of coverage. If you want to require people to be covered you have to tell them what you mean by coverage. There is no other way.

This has led to the current furor, along with President Obama’s ill thought out promise that if you like your health insurance policy, you can keep it.

Health insurance companies have sent letters informing many holders of health care policies that their coverage doesn’t meet minimum standards under the health care reform act and their policies will need to be replaced. These are policies bought on the individual insurance market before health care reform. Most individuals will be able to change to polices that provide better coverage at lower costs after qualifying for subsides under the law.

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