"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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If you don't mind paying $700.00 - 800.00 out of pocket, you can get an
MRI scan within a week or two here at a private clinic.
If Joe USA with a company paid HMO health plan had to do that, he'd
scream bloody murder.
Those without a health plan will get it for free, if it is related to a
life threatening injury or disease.

HMOs and PTOs screwed up health insurance here in the USA royally, IMHO.
We should go back to inexpensive major medical coverage for catastrophic
injury or illness. The rest we should pay for and it should be free for
those that can't.

Eisboch


I agree. If I need an x-ray and money's tight, I can put it on a credit
card. And, there's never a problem with $60 office visits to the
internist. Meanwhile, I'm paying $300 a month for Blue Choice, for
medical needs which may never happen. I'd love to have a policy that
covered everything over X amount - $2K a year, or some such thing.

Who is forcing you to pay $300 per month for health insurance? Most
employers will allow you to decline coverage. Just think of how you can
better spend your money each month than some guy in a cubicle somewhere in
Indiana with a slide rule and an actuarial table?



Long story. How do you plan to handle something like cancer care, which can
reach 50-100K in less than a year? Out of your pocket? Sell the house? Cash
in all your retirement investments?