tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post6587874746731180283..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Is $13,375 too much for health insurance?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-11560456196441791942009-09-16T21:19:37.620-07:002009-09-16T21:19:37.620-07:00"It'll really suck if your employer drops..."It'll really suck if your employer drops your medical plan and you're forced by the government to pick up the tab yourself."<br /><br />If?<br /><br />The only way we will avoid a private insurance subsidy mandate plan at this point is if the bankers get jealous and insist that everyone's money must go to them and them alone.albrtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-14817299476957681212009-09-16T17:45:05.187-07:002009-09-16T17:45:05.187-07:00And that's the crux of the problem -- blatant ...And that's the crux of the problem -- blatant fraud against insurance companies and Medicare. That week on the hospital should be $6,000 tops.<br /><br />And imagine what a year or two of mild hyperinflation could do to that number. It'll really suck if your employer drops your medical plan and you're forced by the government to pick up the tab yourself.John Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-30929192138941416342009-09-16T15:04:44.215-07:002009-09-16T15:04:44.215-07:00it's pretty cheap considering that a week in t...it's pretty cheap considering that a week in the hospital costs ten million dollarsDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611189349119964821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-89190092272712264012009-09-16T14:52:23.204-07:002009-09-16T14:52:23.204-07:00Ours went up by about 25 percent last year, but it...Ours went up by about 25 percent last year, but it didn't go up (yet) this year and I don't know when the previous price hike occurred since we just started paying our own way a couple years ago...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-4064438258185229482009-09-16T14:15:30.282-07:002009-09-16T14:15:30.282-07:00I am just astonished that americans pay this much ...I am just astonished that americans pay this much in medical insurance - how do you survive? I have never paid this much in total costs for rent previously!!<br /><br />For at least 5 years of my adult life, I have not even paid this much in tax. I have lived both in Canada, UK and France, and have never experienced anything other than exemplary care, and have never even considered the cost.<br /><br />Sadly nowadays I pay 45000 in tax, but I am pretty sure that less than a third of that goes to healthcare. <br /><br />Mid that does cover a family of 4 nowadays too.<br /><br />Great blog, lurk often but only that $13,375 figure has shocked me enough to comment.Stannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-85904446343655346512009-09-16T14:13:26.708-07:002009-09-16T14:13:26.708-07:003.3% or 5%.....who are these lucky ones?
I know a ...3.3% or 5%.....who are these lucky ones?<br />I know a lot of people who wished that<br />their policy had only gone up 10% last year. I keep hearing and seeing 18%-28% bar none.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com