# $700 Health Insurance **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986 "2010-06-21T15:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/181 "2010-06-26T22:46:01Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Right, that’s what I thought Lobohan was getting at. But that’s impossible. Do you see why? Remember the last time you had a prediction about the health care bill? How’d that go? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/182 "2010-06-26T22:53:34Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Remember the last time you had a prediction about the health care bill? How’d that go? How it went is that our Congressdumbasses are even more dumbass than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/183 "2010-06-26T22:58:45Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Oh, the 2013 reforms will change things alright. You’ll hearken back to the glory days of 2010 when your premiums only doubled every three years. There are approximately 105 countries that have been through this process of socializing health care for their citizens. Surely you can cite at least one of them that has premiums doubling faster than ever three years? Ever? Although frankly, I hope you’re right: that’s exactly what it would take to get a public plan back on the table, and I don’t think health care is really going to control costs until that happens. But sooner or later, we’ll join the ranks of modern countries with lower health care costs, better health care outcomes, and much saner insurance plans than we have now…i.e. pretty much any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/184 "2010-06-26T23:05:53Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > There are approximately 105 countries that have been through this process of socializing health care for their citizens. Surely you can cite at least one of them that has premiums doubling faster than ever three years? Ever? > > Although frankly, I hope you’re right: that’s exactly what it would take to get a public plan back on the table, and I don’t think health care is really going to control costs until that happens. But sooner or later, we’ll join the ranks of modern countries with lower health care costs, better health care outcomes, and much saner insurance plans than we have now…i.e. pretty much any of them. I doubt it. After 2010, the party for you and your ilk will be over. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/185 "2010-06-26T23:52:13Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I doubt it. After 2010, the party for you and your ilk will be over. Another prediction. Are you giving odds? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/186 "2010-06-27T00:54:59Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Another prediction. Are you giving odds? If you wanna bet, let me know what you’d be willing to bet on, and we can discuss. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/187 "2010-06-27T02:36:57Z")
If you are talking GOP majorities in either house, I may want a piece of that action, depending on the margin you are predicting. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/188 "2010-06-27T03:01:21Z")
Considering the conditions for his last bet, I’d pass. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/189 "2010-06-28T03:00:16Z")
Guin, why are you always following me around, nipping at my heels? You need a new hobby (I suggest sitting and spinning). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/190 "2010-06-28T05:20:55Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > You need a new hobby (I suggest sitting and spinning). Or follow your lead, and post inane comments here while drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/191 "2010-06-29T23:03:34Z")
Meh, it’s better than posting inane comments while completely sober (as is your wont). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/192 "2010-06-30T00:22:54Z")
Or some people can hold their liquor, and some people can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/193 "2010-06-30T01:10:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Or some people can hold their liquor, and some people can’t. Please don’t make lame excuses for your mom’s behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/194 "2010-06-30T01:14:38Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Please don’t make lame excuses for your mom’s behavior. That’s not as cool as you think it is. Being snarky is great, but you just sound like a no-charisma douchebag when you fumble awkwardly for insults like that. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/195 "2010-06-30T01:28:46Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > That’s not as cool as you think it is. Being snarky is great, but you just sound like a no-charisma douchebag when you fumble awkwardly for insults like that. Thanks for the tip, guy! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/196 "2010-06-30T01:33:47Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Thanks for the tip, guy! You know you want the whole thing though… ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/197 "2010-06-30T01:38:21Z")
That’s pretty good FI. I got nothin’, you win. No snark here–that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/198 "2010-06-30T01:43:53Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Or some people can hold their liquor, and some people can’t. It makes me weep to see fine scotch wasted so. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986/199 "2010-07-02T16:17:04Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Thanks for the tip, guy! Funny, that’s what your mother said [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/700-health-insurance/543986.md?page=9)