Another Reason for Healthcare Reform

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Another Reason for Healthcare Reform
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Mon, 05-11-2009 - 7:57pm

I have to say, this is ridiculous. Ins. companies are so greedy and so unfair. It seems even if you are young, you can be turned down for Health Ins.


http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2009/may/11/being-young-is-no-guarantee-of-health-insurance-coverage.html

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Registered: 04-11-2009
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:09pm

 

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Registered: 03-15-2009
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:15pm
Judge much? You contradict yourself in this post, BTW.

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:19pm
Well, I guess some wouldn't mind paying 12,000 a year for crappy Health ins. People don't think the employer should have to pay it, they don't want to pay for anybody else either.
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Registered: 03-15-2009
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:30pm

You have no right to demand

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:47pm
Please explain IYO what tax money should be spent on.

 

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Registered: 06-09-2008
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 5:49pm

Ashamed?

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Registered: 03-19-2009
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 6:01pm

You'll see more patriots if Obama continues to threaten capitalism


Really?

 

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Registered: 04-09-2007
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 6:06pm

Do you feel that the Libertarian platform is open to a wide perspective on solutions?

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Registered: 02-06-2003
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 6:15pm

**But in practice, the majority of people cannot afford the taxes to support the public schools and the the tuition to send their children to private school.**

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While I am sure there would be some who still wouldn't be able to afford it, many would. I know for myself, my property taxes for the school district are double all the the other taxing authorities combined. And even if it didn't totally pay for tuition, it would sure go a long way toward it.

I'm not overly concerned about lobbyist, as long as they are operating legally, as there are lobbyist for all sides of any given issue. And I just can't think that the lobbyist who is hired by the insurance industry are bad while the lobbyist hired by organizations pushing for health reforms are good. What I personally would like to see would be a combined approach. Such as individually purchased insurance with a high deductible combined with a health savings account funded with pre-tax dollars for routine and preventative care. Possibly even a government program for catastrophic coverage along the lines of the federal flood insurance program, which someone else mentioned in a post to me somewhere but I forgot who or where, but it was a good idea.

Sheri

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Registered: 04-09-2006
Fri, 05-15-2009 - 7:01pm

"It is probably none of my business, but if you are middle class, do you have credit cards, car payments, 2nd mortgage? Me and my dh have been watching Dave Ramsey, and have started budgeting our money, we could afford health insurance if either of us lost it at our jobs, due to the fact that we paid off our credit card and cut it up, only drive older cars that are paid for, and have one mortgage. We are debt free except for our mortgage pmt. If some were to give up some of their toys, credit cards, car payments, they would be able to afford a monthly health insurance plan, it's all based on priorties. If a new car is more important to some than insurance, well then it's their own fault."

How many people in your family with chronic life threatening conditions?

We don't fit your profile at all. We have one modest house, paid off, one old car (12 years) bought for cash, NO DEBT, period. No cell phones, no cable TV, our second car is a motorcycle. We don't eat out much (almost never), don't go to movies. About our only "luxury" is a Netflix subscription. My kids' "college fund" has mostly gone to pay for medical costs, and we do have employer sponsored insurance. There is no company that would insure us privately. We are far from the only hard working, fiscally conservative, well educated family in this position. All the "moving somewhere with a better job" in the world would not allow us to "move up": many of the high paying technical jobs we are qualified for have been moved overseas by the geniuses in charge of our economy. Apparently we're fortunate that so far we haven't gone into debt. If it's like this for us, what must it be like for people who aren't well educated, have minimum wage jobs, don't have health insurance?

Deborah

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