--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > I have been paying for health insurance for years. Over $400/month for my > > wife and me. We have a ridiculously high deductible, and we hardly ever get > > medical care anyway, so it's really just "house insurance". I agree with > > Bhairtu - insurance executives belong in jail as they are murderers, and > > private insurance companies should be shut down. > > Rick, how come you've never checked out the AARP's > insurance? (Or maybe you have) Very reasonable rates, > to put it mildly. I pay $46/month with the highest deductible, > there are all sorts of other plans with lower ones, of course. But > nothing like what you're paying--and if you're just using it > as god-forbid ins anyway, it makes sense to have a high > deductible. Really the only reason I even have it (the kids > are on another plan) is because I feel you get treated better > when you go to a doctor that doesn't know you. > Sal
Wow, that's cheap. Petra and I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa, and with the highest deductible they offer (~$5000) we're paying $300 a month for the two of us (it just recently jumped from $250 to $300... fuckers). In two years, when we're both AARPable geezers, we'll have to look into AARP's insurance plans, 'cuz all we want is catastrophic health coverage with a huge deductible
