The number one cause of bankruptcy is losing your job. My dad drinks a glass of water with baking soda since I can remembe even though his insurance covers the expensive drugs.
I'm not sure why you want me to pay for your meds. You pay $400 a month and your meds cost $300 that leaves $1200 a year for all other medical costs. Sounds like an insurance risk. I was never admitted to a hospital and never prescribed anything other than antibiotics. I don't mind subsidizing the poor with my insurance payments but not the people that don't need it. On Feb 8, 2008 4:24 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >That's even worse than I could ever fathom, and inexcusable. > >And precisely why someone needs to step in and do something... > > It's amazing how bad it has gotten so quickly. Health problems are now the > number one cause of bankruptcy...and that's among people that *have* health > insurance. Costs for the self-insured are rising so fast that more and more > can't afford if (if they are even able to get coverage) and if you get sick > at all you can expect your premium to shoot up the following year (mine went > up by about $400 this year due to one trip to the emergency room last > year...my only medical expense last year other than one or two normal > wellness visits.) You hear more and more stories of people denied coverage > for important tests or treatments, and people that can't afford the medicine > due to the overwhelming cost of prescription drugs. I personally suffer with > reflux and should be on one of the newer drugs but the cost is about > $100/month for me, so make due with Prilosec even though it's no longer > effective for me. Likewise my eye doctor would like me to try Restasis for > dry eye...that one was $200 for a month supply! I'll make due with eye drops, > thank you. These aren't the kinds of sacrifices well-employed, middle-class > people should have to make, but we do. The American Dream is rapidly moving > out of reach for all but a very few. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
