On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:45:38 -0700, "qwerty" <nospam@all.noway.com>
wrote:
>
>"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:
>>
>>> > See http://www.ehealthinsurance.com/ for all the different plans.
>
>>>> $60 a month?? would buy you NO health coverage at all
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> $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.
>
>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.
>
I'm 50. Don't know how it is where you are but my employer pays 40%
of the premium and we pay the balance. Typical for the majority of
companies. It's been along that line every where I've worked for the
past 32 years. Mine is just a basic healthcare policy with a $2 a
week rider for short term disability. Prescription plan is $10, $25,
$50 copays. Total out of pocket expenses is $2000. Hospital
deductible is $750. Office visits $35 co pay. It is through Blue
Cross Blue Shield.
The only companies I've ran across that offer no inurance plan at all
have been very small very cheap operations. They usually don't hold
on to employees very long as well.
Folks that don't have a job or are indigent qualify for Tenncare, the
state Medicaid plan. If you qualify for food stamps, you qualify for
Tenncare.
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
big enough to take away everything you have.'
"You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich."
<Hawki63@sb…
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