One visit to the emergency room can be well beyond the $4000. With office visits around $200 or so for a basic wellness exam, prescriptions etc. it should be obvious that without the insurance you can get bankrupted very quickly. With G's (and my) insurance, its not quite as fast.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:25 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HA! > > Nice.....i guess i just have to laugh in spite of this whole > thing......*sigh* > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> " . . .with a $4000 deductible before insurance even kicks in, and even >> then they only pay 65%....why have insurance at all?" >> >> Because it's the law. >> >> J >> >> - >> >> 08-11-2009: I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter, because, >> frankly, we historically have had a employer-based system in this country, >> with private insurers, and for us to transition to a system like that, I >> believe would be too disruptive. >> >> 06-30-2003: A single-payer health care plan, a universal health care plan. >> That's what Id like to see. >> >> 03-24-2007: My commitment is to make sure that we've got universal >> healthcare for all Americans by the end of my first term as president. I >> would hope that we could set up a system that allows those who can't go >> through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some >> sort. But I don't think we're going to be able to eliminate employer >> coverage immediately. There's going to be potentially some transition >> process. I can envision a decade out, or 15 years out, or 20 years out. >> >> Barack Obama >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
