Not everyone has the God given gifts of good mental and physical health, and not everyone is capable of higher education / training.
And yet many of these people are some of the most productive members of our society. Good, honest, hard-working, caring people, that through no fault of their own, find themselves in very hard times indeed.
They are the most vulnerable in a bad economy.

"vikesrule" wrote:

It would be interesting to travel forward in time, to hear your view points say 40 years from now.

"vikesrule" wrote:

While I can hold a certain amount of respect for admitting to your hypocrisy, you are indeed rationalizing.

You are a fairly intelligent young man NSD, but you are also idealistically naive in some respects.
You tout your "high standards" concerning how others should live their lives without knowing anything about their circumstances, yet you create a more attractive explanation of why your life is different.

Not everyone has the God given gifts of good mental and physical health, and not everyone is capable of higher education / training.
And yet many of these people are some of the most productive members of our society. Good, honest, hard-working, caring people, that through no fault of their own, find themselves in very hard times indeed.
They are the most vulnerable in a bad economy.

I believe that you will do well in your life ambitions, but you can not extend or dictate your somewhat narrow approach to how others live their lives.
Your viewpoints in this regard are somewhat ironic, considering your take on marriage and monogamy.

I am not trying to be over critical of you NSD, but with your own statements you have shown that you still have much to learn young Padawan.

It would be interesting to travel forward in time, to hear your view points say 40 years from now.

"vikesrule" wrote:

I'd rather be an idealist and die young than a bitter old man full of sour grapes (like DakotaT). =)

"Formo" wrote:

While I can hold a certain amount of respect for admitting to your hypocrisy, you are indeed rationalizing.

You are a fairly intelligent young man NSD, but you are also idealistically naive in some respects.
You tout your "high standards" concerning how others should live their lives without knowing anything about their circumstances, yet you create a more attractive explanation of why your life is different.

Not everyone has the God given gifts of good mental and physical health, and not everyone is capable of higher education / training.
And yet many of these people are some of the most productive members of our society. Good, honest, hard-working, caring people, that through no fault of their own, find themselves in very hard times indeed.
They are the most vulnerable in a bad economy.

I believe that you will do well in your life ambitions, but you can not extend or dictate your somewhat narrow approach to how others live their lives.
Your viewpoints in this regard are somewhat ironic, considering your take on marriage and monogamy.

I am not trying to be over critical of you NSD, but with your own statements you have shown that you still have much to learn young Padawan.

It would be interesting to travel forward in time, to hear your view points say 40 years from now.

"vikesrule" wrote:

"Formo" wrote:

Health insurers sue Mass. on rate denial 
April 5, 2010 03:05 PM E-mail| |Comments (155)

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff

A half dozen state health insurers, warning they could collectively lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year, today filed a lawsuit seeking to reverse a decision by Massachusetts regulators to block double-digit premium hikes.

The increases would have taken effect April 1 for plans covering thousands of small businesses and individuals.

The insurance carriers will go before a judge in state Superior Court Thursday seeking a preliminary injunction against last week's rulings by Insurance Commissioner Joseph G. Murphy to reject 235 of 274 premium hikes proposed by the health insurers.

Those rulings, following emergency regulations set by Governor Deval Patrick, marked the first time the state has used its authority to deny premium increases.

"What the commissioner did, we think, is going to create tremendous disruption in the marketplace," said Dean Richlin, a partner at Boston law firm Foley Hoag, who is representing the insurers.

Jason Lefferts, a spokesman for the insurance commissioner, this afternoon said his office had just learned of the lawsuit and had no immediate response.

Filing the suit were Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest health insurer, as well as five members of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan, Fallon Community Health Plan, Health New England, and Neighborhood Health Plan.

All are non-profit carriers. The complaint, filed about 2 p.m., alleges that the state Division of Insurance acted illegally in three ways: by imposing a rate cap it had no authority to impose, by pegging the rate cap to a measure - the medical consumer price index - that has no actuarial significance, and by violating a statutory requirement to enable insurers to charge adequate rates based on the projected utilization of medical care.

"As a result of the commissioner's action," Richlin said, "the insurance companies will experience substantial and, in some cases, staggering losses. We estimate the collective loss among all of the insurers will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars just for 2010. There are some number that will face near-term solvency problems."