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

To: Road Walker who wrote (10174)	10/5/2009 7:52:17 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

now I find myself a flaming liberal because I'm a pragmatist. I didn't say or suggest that. I was just offering what I thought was an excellent example of costs that can't be calculated. Just because we can't predict costs or because no one has yet done the calculation doesn't mean that there are no costs. I think we can get a sense of orders of magnitude of things for which we don't have projected numbers.

To: Road Walker who wrote (10174)	10/5/2009 8:25:54 PM
From: John Koligman	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I used to be on the R's side in a major way also, when I was younger and dumber <ggg>. By the way, the health insurance company that 'owns my self paying ass' just sent me another one of it's yearly greetings. Last year they jacked up my premium 20% because I entered a 'new age/rate category'. This year they just told me they are only raising my premium a measly 15%! Yep, thing are getting cheaper all the time! Regards, John PS - I can't wait till my wife gets her 'missive' over the next few months, telling her what the increase will be. Here's an excerpt from their 'Dear John' letter. LOL!! "At this time we have evaluated our premium rates to ensure they are aligned with advances in the health care industry and remain affordable and competitive. Due to combined inflationary trends in health care, all members with a policy similar to yours are receiving a premium rate adjustment."