"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:53:29 -0500, BAR wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
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People need to figure out how they are going to pay for their own
health
care. I have to pay for mine. In fact I usually end up spending more
that
$12,000 per year out of pocket for mine and my family's health care.

Socialized or single payer systems are just a fast track to rationing
of
health care.

$12k a year?? You must be one sickly SOB!


How much do you pay up in Canuckastan? $12k is a little high, but for a
person over 50 you will pay probably $1100 month for insurance. For a
younger family, will be maybe $600 with a smaller deductible.

That $12K works out like this:
$2600 for my cost of the mediacal, dental and vision insurance
$10,000 for my out of pocket expenses for co-pays, and items not covered
by insurance. Braces don't come free, prescription drugs don't come free.

Trust me - you don'tpay as much as I do by a long shot.

When you mentioned that last September during our over the border business,
you almost floored me.
If I lived down there with that expense facing me...I'd have to bend over
and kiss my ass goodbye