“Reduce Coverage Mandates: North Carolina has 46 coverage mandates (government dictated policy benefits) resulting in 41% higher premiums and preventing you from choosing a basic plan.”

I believe the “41% higher premiums” figure to be inaccurate and misleading. Can you tell us how your campaign arrived at this figure and what resources were used? (I have also sent this question to your campaign manager.)

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On a lighter note, your campaign staff may be able to find work on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show or the Colbert Report. You have this question from the UNC-TV debate on health care on your front-page:

“Question- What is the answer to achieving health parody among all the races in our state?”

I am not kidding. Go here to see it: http://www.orr2008.com/

Now, I know conservatives are dismissive of multiculturism…but it seems unusually cruel to discuss “health parody” rather than “health parity” on matters of race in North Carolina.

On another note, whom would you consider a respected source?

Your focus on the individual rather than the community means you totally miss the whole point of insurance.

Sure, if I’m 25 and in perfect health, I’d prefer to have a health plan that covered very little and was thus much cheaper. But insurance isn’t just about me, it’s about spreading risk among everyone so we can all afford coverage when we need it. That 25 year old will get older and sicker – we all do unfortunately as I’m finding out – and he’ll need insurance that covers diagnostic tests and more comprehensive treatment. If the 25 year olds are all paying very little for coverage, that means the older person’s premiums will be through the roof and he’ll never be able to afford a plan.

It’s not basic requirements on insurance policies pricing people out of the market – it’s our crazy system where overuse of unproven technology and drugs is driving costs through the roof. (see the McKinsey business report I reference above in my post on Fred Smith’s plan) This is a problem we all need to come together and fix. Otherwise, splitting up the insurance market as you suggest means throwing out the old folks with the bathwater.

Well, you found me out. I do, as you say, “hate freedom.” At least the freedom of insurance companies to sell us health policies that have so many limitations and restrictions that when we get sick they don’t cover the care we need. And yes, I, as you say, “hate people” too. At least the people who are the executives and profiteers in our current health system and getting enormously wealthy by turning healthcare into just another big business where some folks get hurt, but that’s just the market you know.

Now, about that sandwich!