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A poll was released over the weekend showing Americans are less concerned about health care costs than they used to be. Americans are less worried they will lose their health care insurance and less likely, they say, to postpone needed health care treatment. The public option has many Americans reconsidering their current health care situation and deciding that it is not that bad after all given the alternatives.

Don't think insurance companies are that important to the economy? AIG was the largest insurance company in the world and when it almost failed, it cost US Taxpayers over $85 Billion dollars. Its failure was predicted to bring down the US financial system. Now that the economy has stabalized somewhat, some insurance companies are leading the charge with storing stock prices. AIG's stock price, once the company that alsmot brought down the US financial system, is up about 500% since its low last March. Insurance Companies are huge and they can help drive the economic recovery.

Town Hall meetings are turning into armed bar brawls...politicians are comparing each other to Hitler...other politicians are degraded American Citizens speaking their minds...the White House is strong arming Health insurance companies...and Health Insurance Companies are spending millions of dollars on lobbying to mold health insurance reforms to benefit them. With politicians warring with each other and even the public in some cases, will Health Insurance reform cause a class war? Just illustrates how important insurance can be in our society.

Several states are considering raising the minimum amount of liability car insurance required. Most states currently require a minimum of $20,000 in liability insurance with some lower and some higher. Higher limits mean higher premiums. With the recession still in full swing and unemployment still rising, I think the states are making a big mistake. Their intent is to provide more insurance coverage to those injured in auto accidents. But I think it will do the opposite. If the state raise limits, the higher premiums required for those limits will cause some drivers to drop their insurance all together. Therefore, I think the end result of raising the minimum limits will be to increase the number of uninsured drivers.