Well time to find out how California and Google do it otherwise its pointless to go to the States if my paycheck all goes into medical coverage. Thank you for the answer.
Drazen On Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:35:13 PM UTC+1, patrick wrote: > > Draz, the big picture is that there really is no "US healthcare system". > We are making some progress. I resisted replying to some other questions > about healthcare costs before the election to avoid appearing like I was > campaigning. The closest to an answer I can give you is that my friend > Michael had not had any healthcare coverage since 2000 because he has both > a lifelong health issue (pre-existing condition) and the desire and ability > to work. BUT because of one of the provisions of the Affordable Healthcare > Act commonly referred to as Obamacare, in October he applied for healthcare > coverage with two traditional healthcare insurers and got the two letters > denying coverage that he expected. With those two denials he was able to > buy "pool coverage" under the new law and has health insurance for the > first time in 11 years! (I think $320 month premium and maximum of > $5000/year out-of-pocket expenses). > What Tasigna and doctor and hospital visits would actually cost you is too > complex to guess. You would actually have to investigate coverage for you, > your employment situation and specific location. No, I cannot explain why > there's one answer in most countries in the western world and not the US. > Well, follow the (insurance) money my mom always said. > BTW the full cost of Tasigna in the US is $9475 for 28 days of (4) > 150mg/day. > Patrick > > --- On *Thu, 11/8/12, Draz <dra...@gmail.com <javascript:>>* wrote: > > I'm trying to understand a bit more about Tasigna costs and the US > healthcare system. I live in the Netherlands and am looking into moving to > the States due to a better job position at the moment all medicine is free > for me due to the healthcare system here. How much do you guys pay out of > your own pocket each month for the medication (150mg per pill at 4 pills > per day)? > > Do you pay the full 5k per month or do you get a large chunk back? I'm > basing my job choice on this because if I can make more money but go broke > due to costs then I'd rather stay in Holland. > > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
