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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (1962)	9/4/2007 12:53:15 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Yeah, but oil changes and tires don't run 4500 bucks, which out of pocket costs for a family of four could easily hit year after year... I don't know if this particular family consists of two 20 year olds with babies or what, because when I plug in folks a bit older with kids on sites like ehealthinsurance I don't get anything close to a $219 monthly rate for an entire family. I was under the impression the average large corporation is forking out something like 12k-15k yearly for family coverage. If this family pays 2500 bucks a year for insurance I'd bet every company around would pay their deductible and cut their insurance bill from 5 figures to the 7k this family pays... John In either case, this doesn't address insurance costs for the self employed, the sick, and those who are older and lose jobs. Every stat I see says the numbers of uninsured are going up, so the problem is getting worse.... I'd bet after working all your life and getting really sick you might appreciate avoiding bankruptcy due to that illness....