Mr. Crist observed that state regulations increase the cost of health coverage, and thus rightly decided to do away with at least some of them. It's hard to believe, but this qualifies as a revelation in the policy world of health insurance.

I've been waiting for this for a looooong time.

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I get you and Joe boucher mixed up all the time. Sorry!

I used to buy “major Medical” policies to cover the catastrophes but they disappeared.

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Go figure. Let insurers sell policies people want to buy. Why didn’t I think of that?

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Charlie Crist is the consumate politician. But when it comes to this issue, the reason he “got it” was probably because his dad’s a physician.

I’ll be 65 in September. I’ve had heart disease since 1985 including a triple bypass, and a stroke and recent TIA. In January I acquired health insurance where a doctor’s visit costs me $10 and a hospital visit $100. Period! Oh, and it includes medication. Cost? $62.00/month. Without the medication part it’d cost $23.00/month.

Who says inexpensive insurance can’t be found?

It was Jeb Bush that did the most important thing in Florida to increase healthcare, though... He approved two new medical schools. We could use another 2 or 3 on top of that.

Whatever the reason, at least Crist has done SOMETHING right!

Good for Governor Crist. Too bad Mitt Romney, "Mr. Conservative" didn't trust in, and expand, the free market. Instead, in order to fluff up his weak to non existing resume, from his few years as an absentee Governor, he shackled Massachusetts citizens to Hillary Care.

Wow, Crist finally figures out government intervention doesn’t work?

My beeber is stuned.

Wow, Crist finally figures out government intervention doesn’t work?

My beeber is stuned.

Yet another reason FL is a better place to live than Mass.

Florida leads the way. Florida lead on CCW, now on health insurance reform. Hopefully, they’ll look at Health Savings Account plans next.

on CCW...

1) We gotta work toward removing the college parking lots from the “guns-at-work” prohibition list.

2) Work to allow CCW by licensed citizens age 21 and up on college campuses.

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It nudges the government out of the health-care marketplace.

Exactly what is needed so the bureaucrats will hate it and the liberals will make sure it doesn't happen..."for the children" (said in best liberal whine)

They got rid of the government and things got better? Imagine that.

We do have a decent HSA situation, the problem as I understand it, is that no insurance companies are offering a decent package to fit the legislation.

At least I’ve never seen one...

Besides reducing mandates in the coverage, here is another idea to bring down the cost of privite medical insurance:

Allow policies with high deductibles and co-insurance, and encourage the insureds to start individual health savings accounts which could pick up the gaps in their high deductible policies.