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> "Starkiller" <NoSpamSKS_SKanz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:neia8413hmb5e8sq906rjbc3n5151u8l3k@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:32:23 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down
>> this wall'')" <tributyltinpaint@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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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
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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.
$60 a month would buy me less than 10% of my $762 a month premiums...I am 64