>>
>>"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%