> The number one cause of bankruptcy is losing your job. Really? Show me something to prove that. Here's a study published a few years ago showing that half of all bankruptcies were from medical causes....the illness often *causing* job loss and then loss of coverage, so it wasn't the primary factor.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w5.63/DC1 > My dad drinks a glass of water with baking soda since I can remembe > even though his insurance covers the expensive drugs. Well good for him, even with insurance, that's a cost savings for him. I generally avoid taking drugs when I can as well (I take enough vitamins and pills everyday as it is.) > I'm not sure why you want me to pay for your meds. You pay $400 a > month and your meds cost $300 that leaves $1200 a year for all other > medical costs. Huh?? I don't follow this at all. Where did you get this $400 a month from? Is that for insurance? Deductible? Co-Pay? My costs are way higher than $400/month, this just doesn't make any sense. And $1200 regardless is virtually nothing when it comes to medical care. One even minor injury can eat that up in no time. So not sure what your point here is. Maybe this will shed better light on the kinds of costs and how out of reach they are getting for most people/businesses/etc.: http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml >Sounds like an insurance risk. What, because I have medical problems? Yeah, exactly. That's why I can't get decent coverage, and what I can get costs ridiculously high amounts, has high deductibles and co-pays, etc. In many states I would not be able to be insured at all. Are you saying that anyone with medical problems doesn't deserve to have insurance? > I was never admitted to > a hospital and never prescribed anything other than antibiotics. Gee, how lucky for you. I unfortunately inherited this problem from my dad, have already been through one surgery for it, do all the things I'm supposed to do (lost weight, don't eat the wrong foods, etc.) but it's simply not going to go away. > I don't mind subsidizing the poor with my insurance payments but not > the people that don't need it. What the? Are you saying I don't need medical treatment? Or that if I can't afford the more expensive treatment that would help me, then that's just too bad? Come tell me that again, when you get cancer in 10 years or so, can't keep your job, lose your insurance, can't afford the cost of treatment, etc. Then maybe you will feel differently about the situation. This is one of the problems with getting any support for changing the current system...people that have never been through any kind of illness have no idea how at risk they really are, and just stick their head in the sand and say, I shouldn't have to pay for all the others that have problems. Well guess what, that's what being part of a society is all about. Helping those that are less fortunate that you...and that doesn't just mean those that are poor...it means any of those that are suffering for whatever reason. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253914 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
