On 03/11/2006 06:28 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
I don't know where you live, or what insurance you have, but none of the
above has ever been true in my personal experience, and I've lived in
several states and had several different insurance plans over my (short)
lifetime.
My experience is drawn primarily from the Houston area and later from working
in Little Rock and living here in rural north Arkansas.
I have been self employed for 6 years so it has doubtless changed and probably
not for the better. My experiences are admittedly skewed perhaps that the
first was working for a Fortune 500 and then a state government that is as big
as a Fortune 500. Size is power and you get much better deals.
No doubt. When I was working at UPS, the union employees (of which I
was not) had nothing taken out of their pay check for their health
insurance, additionally, they had a $0 deductable for nearly everything.
I'd argue that most people do not work for F500 companies, nor do they
work for a govt entity, and tend to get raped when it comes to health
care/insurance costs.
Dunno about Wal-Mart but I hear little good about their HR policies. Hate to
speak ill of a flagship Arkansas company, but truthfully there is little left
I admire about them except their considerable prowess in foisting cheap
foreign-made goods on us suckers.
I don't consider that trait to be admirable either. It just continues
to feed into their loop of paying their employees less & less so that
their employees can afford nothing but walmart products.
I'm not at all convinced of that. The healthcare systems in much of
Europe seem to be miles better than Canada from what I've read & heard.
On two consecutive years we had foreign exchange students stay with us for a
year. First was from France, second Denmark. They had nothing but complaints
about Euro's system. (This was 1990-92). Similarly for the Europeans I knew;
they complained a lot, but would hear of no plan to change anything. What to
conclude?
What exactly were their complaints? I doubt that you'll find many
people who are going to brag that their health care system is perfect in
any country. That doesn't mean that its not superior to the US.
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