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

To: Ilaine who wrote (2933)	11/17/2007 4:45:26 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<<For me, a zero copay, zero deductible plan would be $497, while a $5000 deductible, zero coinsurance would be $143, and there are dozens of choices in between. The $143 plan is a plan that's compatible with health savings accounts, and if I wasn't on my husband's account and didn't have the alternative of getting in through my employment ($150/mo. for 80/20 coverage, employer picks up the other $150) I might go for that.>>> If you were a single, white woman lawyer living in the DC area, working out of your apartment, making $50,000.00 a year you could really live it up. Gross $50.000.00 Take Home 35,000.00 Cell Phone 1,800.00 Cable TV 720.00 Rent 12,000.00 HC insurnce 1,716.00 --------- leaving you 18,764.00 or 51.40 each day for eating out, clothing, laundry, travel, expenses, student loan payments. The system may not be broken, but for a lot of folks, the system is stacked against them. Might be very tempting to cut out health care insurance.