--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <claudiouk@> > wrote: > > > > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070515/tpl-us-health-government- > politics- > > 10170b4.html > > > > More surprising UK ranking good, yet here we think we're in > > crisis. We think France, for instance, is better looked after.. > > I don't believe this report. In the States you pay a little bit of > money each week and you get a much faster, and better service.
If you can get health insurance at all, that is. And the service isn't necessarily either faster or better. What specifically do you not believe about the report? Just FYI, right before I went on Medicare in February of this year, my group health insurance premiums--single, no dependents-- had been raised to $14,612 a year. That's $281 a week, hardly a "little bit" of money. Of course, since I work freelance, I had to pay for all of it, no employer contribution, so it was higher than for most employees. But most freelancers have a terrible time getting *any* health insurance, and those who do pay a very substantial percentage of their income for it.
