Monterey, CA Hospitals And Charities May Pay Insurance Premiums For Low Income Americans

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A charity in Los Angeles has generously stepped up to the plate and offered to sign up and pay the insurance premiums for 50 people via the online California Insurance marketplace.  Surprisingly, this concept has gotten bad press.   Insurance companies are fearful that this plan could spread across the county and they are complaining that they can't make money unless they get young healthy people to sign up for the insurance, and to date most of the new enrollees have had health problems.   Hospitals are also considering paying premiums for frequent visitors that are uninsured, reasoning the payments will be much less than  what they are writing off after treating these people in the emergency room.  An ER visit can cost thousands of dollars versus insurance premiums of just $50-$100/month.  I hope this issue gets resolved quickly.  That's very generous of the donor to step forward and offer to pay the premiums for these 50 people.  Hopefully, other people who can afford it will get the same idea and offer to donate money towards this great cause.   

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