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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:36:47 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


Why do Canadian's come to the US for health care? Because they can
see a
doctor or get an MRI next week rather the 10 months from now.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarti...m?ItemID=10515

"Most of what we hear about the Canadian health care system is
negative; in particular, the long waiting times for medical
procedures. But we found that waiting times affect few patients, only
3.5% of Canadians vs. 0.7% of people in the U.S."

How is that not significant? If I wrote the headline, it would read:
"Five times as many Canadian patients are affected by long waiting
times compared to American patients".

The fact that the author downplays that important fact, yet hypes
another fact like "9.9% of U.S. respondents couldn't afford medicine
vs. 5.1% in Canada", shows his bias.

No matter what country you're talking about, why should it EVER be a
luxury item? I know the usual drivel: It's not mentioned in the
Constitution, but that's not a good enough reason.

Health insurance ought to be made more affordable. Period. Start with
the insurers. Repeal that damn McCarron-Ferguson Act, and put
insurance under Federal regulation. Allow small businesses to band
together across state lines and purchase insurance through their
national associations.

I wouldn't be opposed to paying higher taxes to cover medical insurance
if I didn't have to spend what I currently spend on health
insurance...*AND* I could get coverage at least as good as what I
currently have.

It costs my family $1200/month for insurance. Add that to the
$800/month I spend for my employees, and that's $24000/year that I
spend on health insurance. They could raise my tax rate 5 percentage
points and it would still be cheaper than what I'm paying now.




Wow! You are getting off cheap. We spend $3,000/year just on a health
care spending account, with another $150/month in insurance premiums.

We normally go through our spending account by June due to the number of
prescription drugs my family needs, even at generic pricing.

So if you spend $3000 through June, and I assume you spend another $3000
through December, and add that to the $150/mo times 12 months, that
equals $7800/year.

How am I getting off cheap by spending $14,400/year for my family? And
$24,000/year for my family and my employees combined?




I missed a decimal point. Sorry.

Once we exhaust our spending account the remainder of the expenses (less
premium) are paid by Aetna.

You are certainly correct as your costs are quite high. ;-)

The nimrod that helped create Florida's insurance problems when he served as
Insurance Commissioner for 6 years, is now our US senator. And he opposes
the Small Business Health Fairness Act which would allow small businesses to
band together across state lines to buy insurance through their national
association at discounted rates. Ask the average voter on the street if
he/she knows anything about this, and they'll look at you like a deer caught
in the headlines. Most Americans are too stupid to be allowed to vote.