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Originally Posted by Jerry  Well, you don't source any of your numbers nor do you choose to source the policy you are using, but if you wish to discuss this in a vague, unqualified way, simply to discuss the theory, that's fine.
When I worked in fast food no policy ever charged me over $400 per month.
So, in theory, we would need to make sure some basic elements were set properly.
1. Get a second job and/or get a better job, volunteer for overtime if it's offered. I said this already. Your average single person can do this without difficulty.
2. You don't buy full coverage. You buy catastrophic coverage only. The kind of policy with a low monthly premium and a high out-of pocket. Your regular check ups and basic prescriptions? You're paying for those yourself. Why? It's cheaper when you look at the length of the policy vs how long you go without needing such prescriptions. Unless you are chronicly ill or are in anyway *not* the average person, you don't need more. |
Sorry, didn’t think about posting the source of for my numbers ($6.55 (July 24, 2008) that is the minimum wage that goes into effect July 24, 2008.I guess I should have did the numbers with the current rate of $5.85 per hour. Much simpler take $.70 per hour of the 40-hour workweek, just makes the numbers more grim to everybody but the average compassionate conservative doesn’t it.
Here is the other link that you wanted. Notice that it is a 2007 date;there is some good news, and some bbad news, about healthcare ,the good news is the trend, according to”
Pricewaterhouse” the report projects a slower health care spending growth rate in 2008.Notice it said slower growth rate not decreasing.
Now the bad news < The U.S. unemployment rate surged to
5.5 percent in May, its highest in more than 3-1/2 years, as the barely growing economy lost jobs for the fifth straight month.>another
324,000 American citizens will soon be without healthcare for their families. WRAPUP 4-US jobless rate leaps to 3-1/2 year high in May | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
< n 2007, employer health insurance premiums increased by 6.1 percent - two times the rate of inflation. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averaged nearly $12,100. The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4,400.2>
NCHC | Facts About Healthcare - Health Insurance Cost