Stick figures: Insurance plan needs realistic incentives

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: November 25, 2008

We’ve never thought of season football tickets as a carrot, nor the loss of them as a stick. But state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland ’s game plan for mitigating Oklahoma ’s uninsured problem included a suggestion that failure to buy health insurance should result in a penalty and loss of down.

Loss of tickets or a driver’s license or homestead exemption were suggested as a way to punish t...


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