I guess that partially depends on your definition of working. Single payer works well for most people for the most common issues and trends to fail pretty badly for the exceptional. I was part of a single provider system in the Marine Corps. I think one should take part in that system, them tell me what you think. If you had a bone dribbling out our were shot they were great. Anything else and they were useless. I have described the issues we had trying to get my asthmatic son treatment. We eventually had to take him to a private practice provider and pay for it ourselves. If the government runs all the healthcare where do you go when that doesn't work?
On Jan 14, 2017 5:10 AM, "Gino Villarini" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t understand why residents of the USA are so against a federal > health system… seems to be working in most of the advanced nations… > > From: Af <[email protected]> on behalf of "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 13, 2017 at 6:10 PM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Slightly, Cost of Living > > $2100 a month for health insurance??? > > My wife and I pay $150 Canadian a month for both of us for the BC > provincial health insurance... Part of the federally funded system. > > I cannot even fathom the idea of paying $500, $1000 or more for health > insurance for a family of 2 people, or 2 people + children, etc. > > It's true that income taxes and other taxes are higher in Canada, but if > you consider that $2100 as a "tax" on your life and add it up to your > federal payroll deducations for US income tax, you may actually be paying a > lot more in a year than I do. No matter what income bracket you're in. > > > > *Gino Villarini* > President > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm guessing this information is like a lot of you out there. >> >> Except maybe my earnings because I am making about double median gross >> salary for my city. >> >> I'm not saying I work double, but I do fulfill many roles as the only >> salary employee of my startup ISP. >> I don't think I can replace myself for the same cost to the company, so I >> feel ok with that. >> >> I don't live extravagantly, but I do live comfortably. >> >> I have a 3100 sqr foot rambler I've lived in since 2001 with a house >> payment of around $1500 a month. >> >> But my biggest expense is health/insurance and medical. >> >> I now pay about $2100 a month for my family health insurance through IHC. >> I just signed up for a good Dental Gold plan at $100 a month for my >> family, but since it's not company I have to wait 6-12 months for a lot of >> the benefits :( >> The insurance deductibles are I think around $6000 a year and I have >> medications that eat up most of that. >> >> I just upped my life and disability insurance on myself and my wife to >> make sure things don't go bad if I die, that's around $550 a month. >> >> I think I spend about $1000 a month on eating, groceries and movies/date >> nights, at least that's what I came up to in December so that might be a >> bit off. >> >> I've got real estate I'm still trying to sell, but it's not the panica >> everyone says it is, lol! >> >> I just feel like finances don't go as far as they used to a few years ago. >> >> I'm not sparking a political debate, just wanted to see if everyone see >> things in a similar light? >> >> Or am I just doing the wrong things? >> >> >> >
