[jthomas1600]

OK, I found this article The Facts about credit card companies jacking rates now because they may be limited after certain legislation is passed and it reminded me of something that happened to me recently. We have health insurance through my wife,s employer and they just added a $100 dollar a month fee for all employees who's spouses are on the plan, but could be getting insurance through their own employer. That really pissed me off. I'm sure it's because they see their cost's to insure their employees going up in the near future.

Am I the only one, or does this sort of thing just seem wrong. If health care and financial reform is about protecting the consumer it appears to be backfiring a little. What's the answer? If government's going to meddle anyway, should they have passed stop-gap legislation to curb these practices while they are hammering out the details of final legislation?

[bravesfan007]

Originally Posted by jthomas1600

If government's going to meddle anyway, should they have passed stop-gap legislation to curb these practices while they are hammering out the details of final legislation?

You would think that they would put those rules in place, but sadly for the most part the government has a lot of oversight on things like this. I mean, most of the time they pass a bill and realize that it was a bad idea so they have to go back and fix it. The bail out is the perfect example.