Political Mailing Lists: Rep. Kitty Rhoades eUpdate. November 20, 2009.

Political Mailing Lists: Rep. Kitty Rhoades eUpdate. November 20, 2009.: "The “public option” would provide very limited coverage, with premiums not to exceed $100 per month. How can it be so cheap?� Easy, the “public option” does not have to meet the laws forced on private insurance. Wisconsin law mandates that private insurance must cover certain procedures, procedures that the Basic plan does not cover. The fact is that there is no way for private insurance to ever compete against the proposed Basic plan because it would be illegal! �

For example, if a young man wanted to purchase health insurance in Wisconsin, state law requires that his policy cover mammograms.� He could not purchase a “bare-bones” plan that only provided catastrophic coverage.� His policy would have all state mandates (including mammogram coverage) that applied to an individual policy.�

However, under the new Basic plan, the state is essentially disregarding the law and offering a bare-bones policy that can not be purchased in the private insurance market. Going back to our example, if the young man purchased this new basic plan, he would not be paying for mandated mammogram coverage that he would pay for in the private insurance market.�"