Re: Possible Solution to Health Insurance

"qwerty" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Starkiller" <NoSpamSKS_SKanz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:32:23 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down
>> this wall'')"  <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> > See http://www.ehealthinsurance.com/
for all the different plans.
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>>>> $60 a month?? would buy you NO health coverage at all
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>>>> regardless of pre existing conditions etc
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>>>> get real
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>>>He is being real. $60 a month would buy some insurance. There are
>>>(or at least could be) medial savings account plans in that basic
>>>area.
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>> $60 a month for me individually would be a nearly 60% of my premium. I
>> pay around $27 a week for individual coverage.
>> That much of a subsidy would allow most folks that currently can't
>> afford it to be able to.
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> You did actually go to the cite above didn't you?  Just how old are you?

> If you're young, in your 20's then health insurance isn't too expensive.

> However, if you're middle-aged then insurance is very expensive.  For 
> instance, the cheapest & poorest policy for a 55 year old man would be 
> $230 a month which has no prescription benefits, 20% co-pay, and pays
for 
> nothing until you've met the minimum of $3500.00 out-of-pocket
expensive. 
> That $60 would provide little help.  If you have a pre-existing
condition, 
> even if now cured, it's unlikely that you can get insurance at ANY
price.



my point exactly

$60 a month would buy me less than 10% of my $762 a month premiums...I am
64


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