Re: Possible Solution to Health Insurance

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> "george conklin" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> get real
>>>>>>
>>>>>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.
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>>  Some states have community rating, so you could get insurance.  NJ is 
>> one. A friend of mine who retired without health insurance moved to NJ
so 
>> he and his wife could get some coverage.  Otherwise, it is totally 
>> out-of-pocket.
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> what do you mean by "community rating??"...just curious

   That is an insurance term.  I am surprised you don't know it.  Everyone

gets the same rate and no one can be denied.