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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Location: Paradise
Posts: 855
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Originally Posted by Jimking
Thanks for the info fmichael. I'd be curious to see charts from 20-10 years ago to see the comparisons back then. The US is taking a dive and my wife and I are living it. She can't get insurance, so I pay cash and my new employer is having problems with providing insurance because of an ill employee. The rates doubled and the employer is having problems acquiring affordable rates.  |
Jim,
I've read your posts and my heart really does go out to you and your family on insurance issues.
I suppose it is damn near impossible to avoid looming universal care discussion since we all are dealing with ongoing benefit issues, me included.
Having worked as a primary provider for 20 years, I can tell you that while universal care sounds good on the surface, from an "insiders" perspective all of us with chronic illness mine as well be marched out back and disposed of if universal care wins the day. I could write columes on this. Sorry, but after 20 years of watching and participating in the "health care game" we are all out to lunch if we go to a nationally sponsered plan. We will simply lose. Just an informed and educated thought from the "inside..."
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