Substandard?

Although the original Evil Mandate meme was predicated on the (long discredited) comparison to mandatory auto insurance, perhaps the latter may serve as a useful tool for comparison to the latest drivel from Our Betters in Government©.The latest to weigh in on the matter is California Governor Mr Linda Ronstadt Jerry Brown:"It’s not really a cancellation,” Brown said during the station’s Sunday Morning Q & A segment ... “these are Marylanders who are getting notices ... that you can renew your policy today and into 2014 but in 2014 you won’t be able to renew your current plan because it’s a substandard plan"Interesting definition of "renewal" there, Guv.But let's think about this for a minute.What is "substandard" about existing plans? Well, most individual plans (and these are the ones being cancelled alternately-renewed right now, but don't assume that your group plan will be long immune) exclude normal childbirth, and birth control convenience items, for that matter.Does this make them substandard, as compared with the new ObamaTax-compliant plans which mandate these coverages?[ed: and BTW, why no prostate or testicular cancer screening bennies for us XY'ers?] Let's take a look at a typical auto policy, shall we?They (almost all) start with liability coverage; that is, to protect those whom you harm when you run into them in the intersection. This coverage will pay their medical bills, and fix their cars. But what about your car?If you have a late model v...
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