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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (26448)	12/22/2002 7:39:43 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) of 74559

Chicken is one of the cheapest things in the universe (it was $.39/pound 30 years ago) unless of course you go for the range fed organic feed variety. My health insurance stayed absolutely even for seven years until a year ago while they continually added to the number of treatments that they covered and added to the preventative care items that were covered without a deductible. When it finally went up last year, it rose 26%. I just got a notice the other day it's up an additional 10% for '03. The good news is that next year it's 100% deductible for self employed people like myself so the increase is almost a wash. I know my plan is unusual. Until recently it was operating as a heavily regulated non-profit (Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Maryland) and it has converted to a for profit corp. Every time I compare what I pay with other people who pay their own insurance I realize just how good a deal I've had for years. That rise in the cost of bread can be accounted for in the rising cost of labor, a big portion of which involves rising insurance rates for both health and workers comp.

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