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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:11 PM Original message |
I pay $265/mo. for health insurance with a $5,000 deductible and 80-20 thereafter. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. so basically you are paying someone else to make you afraid to go to the doctor |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. That sounds like my private insurance plan. |
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bobmorr1 (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. health ins. |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. we pay around |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. my family pays $1405 a month for COBRA |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How do you do that? I could never pay that much. I'm so sorry! |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. no choice, husband had cancer and we learned our lesson |
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morillon (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. OMG. That is AWFUL. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. $1700/month for a family of 6 here. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. in 1997, our COBRA was $900 for the 3 of us |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I pay $200.oo in co-pays, meds, and deductibles |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. You can't even use something like that unless you get a deadly |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. I pay $150.00/year for my annual checkup. If I get anything serious, I'll just go ahead and die. nt |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Injured in an automobile accident is the kind of sudden, catastrophic need I'm thinking of. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Being uninsured, that's the kind of nightmare I try not to think about. |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. When I lived in Canada... |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. We have the same policy.... |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. I pay around $60/month and have zero deductible... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Does this work in a nation of 300 million instead of 30 million? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. multiplier effect..more people..more money in the system |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. No, just the opposite... |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I am jealous |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. You pay the first $8,180.00 and then pay 20% ..rip-off |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. I pay nothing, and if I or my wife gets sick, we are screwed. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. I did the math. We're taking our chances for now. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. I pay $108 a month for my entire family, no copays or deductibles, 100% coverage for all medical |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Not everyone can move to a country with single payer though |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, it was the only way I could get it |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm not criticizing you for leaving |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Gotcha... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. That policy BANKRUPTED my neighbor |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. I pay $350/mo. for a $5K deductible, 80-20 plan |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Go to your local fire station and get your blood pressure checked. |
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