I should have said Medicaid.
From: Lewis Bergman
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 4:52 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Slightly, Cost of Living
That's my plan when I get a bit older. That or a Glock.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017, 4:13 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
You can always put all your assets in a trust controlled by your kids, pay
yourself minimum wage, have the company buy your meals, cars, fuel. And then
fly with no insurance. Medicare will take care of you.
From: Eric Kuhnke
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 3:10 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Slightly, Cost of Living
$2100 a month for health insurance???
My wife and I pay $150 Canadian a month for both of us for the BC provincial
health insurance... Part of the federally funded system.
I cannot even fathom the idea of paying $500, $1000 or more for health
insurance for a family of 2 people, or 2 people + children, etc.
It's true that income taxes and other taxes are higher in Canada, but if you
consider that $2100 as a "tax" on your life and add it up to your federal
payroll deducations for US income tax, you may actually be paying a lot more in
a year than I do. No matter what income bracket you're in.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net>
wrote:
I'm guessing this information is like a lot of you out there.
Except maybe my earnings because I am making about double median gross
salary for my city.
I'm not saying I work double, but I do fulfill many roles as the only
salary employee of my startup ISP.
I don't think I can replace myself for the same cost to the company, so I
feel ok with that.
I don't live extravagantly, but I do live comfortably.
I have a 3100 sqr foot rambler I've lived in since 2001 with a house
payment of around $1500 a month.
But my biggest expense is health/insurance and medical.
I now pay about $2100 a month for my family health insurance through IHC.
I just signed up for a good Dental Gold plan at $100 a month for my family,
but since it's not company I have to wait 6-12 months for a lot of the benefits
:(
The insurance deductibles are I think around $6000 a year and I have
medications that eat up most of that.
I just upped my life and disability insurance on myself and my wife to make
sure things don't go bad if I die, that's around $550 a month.
I think I spend about $1000 a month on eating, groceries and movies/date
nights, at least that's what I came up to in December so that might be a bit
off.
I've got real estate I'm still trying to sell, but it's not the panica
everyone says it is, lol!
I just feel like finances don't go as far as they used to a few years ago.
I'm not sparking a political debate, just wanted to see if everyone see
things in a similar light?
Or am I just doing the wrong things?
