The Washington Post Still Can't Get It Right, Health Exchanges Need Healthy People, It Doesn't Matter If They Are Young

Why is hard to understand that a healthy person who pays $6,000 a year into the insurance system is more helpful to its finances than a healthy person who pays $2,000 a year? That is the basic story when it comes to older people in the exchanges (ages 55-64) and younger people. The average premium for this older group is three times as much as for the younger group. Large portions of both age groups will require little or no health care services over the course of a year.

This is why it makes...