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Old 06-10-08, 02:56 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Re: Let's develope a nonpartisan healthcare plan

$4,400 a year for a single coverage health insurance plan? Does the average person have cancer or something? When I worked in insurance, I could get a single person covered for under or near $100 a month. Usually a $1000 deductible, then an 80/20 co-pay until you reached the maximum out-of pocket limit of $7500, at which point everything is covered up to a policy limit of 1 million. You have to use in network hospitals(except in emergencies), but other than that, its not impossible to find health coverage for the average person. And most people that have to buy these single plans are usually self-employed. Otherwise group health insurance picks up the tab for the rest of the workforce. If you aren't working, there is Medicaid, as well as probably some state programs available.
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