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Originally Posted by donc  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 |
I would appreciate it if you would stop confusing health *care* with health *insurance*.
I'm still waiting for you to source the example private health insurance plan you wish to use.
Unless I missed something, your source did not state the extent of coverage of the average private policy, and it is my first assertion that you should only have catastrophic health insurance and pay for all the little stuff like lab work yourself.