On 06/27/2011 01:33 PM, sparaig wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "whynotnow7"<whynotnow7@...> wrote: >> I was completed shocked when I saw Michelle Bachmann on Fox last night (and >> I *never* watch Fox). Extremely poised, present, and articulate. I have read >> about her extreme positions, but the person I saw last night is someone I >> have to take seriously. Not only that, I want to know more about how she >> would do things if President. Maybe after Newt and Sarah and Mitt, anyone >> with a brain seems promising. >> >> Though I haven't cast a Republican vote ever, I just don't really want to >> throw my vote to Obama, only because he's the best of the worst. I like some >> things about him and 100% supported him until he turned his healthcare >> program from a possible single payer option into a mandatory pool of >> subscribers for the medical insurance industry (or a federal tax) - isn't >> that fascism? Its not like he didn't have the political capital at that time >> to do pretty much what he wanted, but he let it slip away. So that is a big >> ding on him. Otherwise he is doing OK, but anyone with a better idea will be >> considered too. >> > It isn't that much different than what people in the Netherlands get for > THEIR socialized medicine: > > they can choose to pay about $150/month to a private carrier for insured care > or they can chose to not pay anything and and be required to pay all costs at > the door, or if they can't afford any care at all, they get emergency-room > type services. > > L.
For a lot of us here that know alternative medicine and seldom even get a cold paying out for care we never use is ridiculous. But $150 a month is far less than I am paying now and would be a bargain. But even that is too much for someone who never gets sick.
