Jim Fernandes wrote:
> I am serious about the cost of insurance here in the US, my man. The cost is
> ridiculously high and out of line!
Jim F,
I am astounded by the price you have to pay for health insurance for your
family!
This is an extremely heavy burden.
You may be aware that the provinces here in Canada guarantee the health care of
their residents. This weekend, as I was gathering the documents for my tax
returns,
I found a letter from my family doctor informing me that from now on he would be
charging $60.00 for a missed annual check-up. The comprehensive check up is
free but missing it is now going to cost me money.
I guess the govt is serious about cutting costs. They know that the cost of
treating
any medical condition is drastically lower when the disease is identified early.
> Don't get me wrong ... one could get cheaper plans. I could get one for about
> $10,000
> - if you call that cheap, but none of our existing doctors - whether my kids
> pediatricians
> or the primay care physicians would accept the cheaper plan. I asked the
> pediatrician
> why would he not accept it and the answer he gave me was that, the insurance
> punks
> would pay him hardly any money on the cheaper plan. So he told the cheapo
> insurance
> guys to take a hike.
The time I really get annoyed is when I read about people with insurance who
wind up
with horrendous bills when their health insurer refuses to pay. I guess you
have seen plenty
such stories on 60 minutes about people who had to sue before their insurance
company
paid for their treatment. This is a uniquely American problem, driven by the
need for
profits, I guess.
> I am sure Dr J Colaco and the other physicians on GoaNet are fully aware of
> what's
> happening with the healthcare cost in the US. Its high time that everybody
> share the
> cost of healthcare - the individuals who can afford it and the corporations
> who want
> healthy workers.
A few days ago, I was reading about this car manufacturer who decided to locate
its factory
in Canada, rather than in the USA, because the local govt would bear the cost
of health
expenses. They would be saving $600 on the costs of each car by locating in
Canada.
Once again, I must congratulate President Obama and the democrats for the super
work
done on this new health plan. However, without universal health care, US
residents are
nowhere close to receiving the health care that the residents of all other
western
democracies enjoy.
Mervyn1110Lobo
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