On Nov 13, 10:43*am, Jim wrote:
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On Nov 13, 8:38 am, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
I'll give you an example. *My back operation cost $14,356 in total
which was cheap considering that the main surgeon and assistant were
freebies. *That includes room, operating room, drugs, anesthesia,
yada, yada, yada.
My copay for that was $2,300. A UAW retiree, the guy who put four
screws in the afore mentioned dashboard for his career, for that same
operation, which would have included surgeon and assistant fees
totaling about $21,000, would have been $4.
A pre-packaged Chapter1 bankruptcy would allow for restructuring the
health care provisions to something a little more reasonable.
"Restructurings" usually are much harder on the working stiffs than the
management pukes. And why should a retiree on a fixed income have to fork
over $2300 for necessary surgery?
It's called a deductable Harry, something anyone should be prepared for and
also reduces health care premiums somewhat. * I'll bet the overall savings
in premium payments by having a reasonable deductable more than covers the
$2,300 over the longer term. * In major, long term illnesses, the deductable
is usually capped on a yearly basis, last time I checked.
One more time: most retirees on fixed incomes cannot afford to lay out
$2300 for necessary surgery. You're a rich retiree. Your perspective is
not relevant to retirees who are trying to decide whether to buy food or
medicine because they cannot afford both.

BS. *My Dad is a retired non-union blue collar worker who is living on
a fixed income. *He's had two surgeries in the last five years that
have cost him, out of pocket, more than $2300. *He could afford it
because he lived within his means and socked away money while he was
working. *He knew he'd have to take care of himself, and didn't expect
anyone else to do it for him.

My wife and I are doing the same, with a retirement goal set and we're
well on our way. *Obama better not lay a finger on my retirement
accounts.

In this day and age, self sufficiency is looked upon as a social
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Please quit lumping all liberals in one catagory. I'm liberal, and I'm
all for self sufficiency.