Not sure I understand your comments, so let me restate my figures in case there was a misunderstanding.
Let's say the BC/BS coverage costs $10,000 a year for nice round numbers. The employer pays $8000 of it. The employEE pays the remaining $2,000, before taxes. Over the course of a year, another $5,000 comes out of pocket to pay for deductibles and copayments. So in total, this health care plan costs the employEE, $7,000. And that is for a relatively normal, one or two prescriptions a month, 6 to 8 doctors visits, lab test, etc. Nothing serious. No diabetes, no cancers, no mental health, no back problems, no broken bones, no emergency room visits where you aren't admitted overnight.... etc. SO Total Health Care Cost for the ENTIRE YEAR: $17,000. Tell me again what the $5,000 credit is going to enable the average person to buy? When nothing is being done about the actual overall cost of health care? On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > That's a high number. In that case, the person would have three thousand > dollars of additional income for the purpose of taxes. > > Compared to not having any coverage, it is a big improvement. Better to owe > a co-payment than a full payment, no? We're not going to socialize health > care. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
