Sunday, February 28, 2010  Buying Insurance in Fantasyland --
Doug Patton  March 1, 2010  “We agree philosophically that we
want to end the prohibition on preexisting conditions.” -
President Barack Obama White House Health Care Summit February
25, 2010  Which of the following scenarios seems the most
ludicrous?  Scenario #1: A young man is renting an apartment. He
has a 60-inch flat panel television on the wall, a surround-
sound home theater system with state-of-the-art speakers, a new
Macintosh computer with a 21-inch monitor, brand new furniture
and some nice jewelry. Altogether, everything is valued at
approximately $25,000. One day, he comes home and discovers that
someone has broken into his apartment and stolen everything. He
still has his laptop, so after calling the police, he goes
online to find an insurance company. He fills out a form for
renter’s insurance, gets approved, and then logs back on to file
his claim, knowing that the company cannot discriminate against
him for a preexisting condition.