"Curly Surmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:15:46 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote:
"Curly Surmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:10:52 -0400, Cliff wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:33:46 -0700, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:30:35 -0700, BottleBob
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:31 -0800, sittingduck
wrote:
Chip Auger wrote:
1: jon_banquer : 34 2: Gunner Asch
: 34 3: Cliff :
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Are the three stooges sick? What gives?
Asch is in the hospital.............
Tom:
Gunner's in the hospital?
Yes, since last Wednesday.
He just got OUT of the hospital, where there some complications?
That is my guess.
Is it serious?
I don't know but it's an unexpected hospital stay six weeks after open
heart surgery, I would guess it's serious.
Tom
Dang welfare state !!!!
I'd wager he ignored the doctor's instructions,
may have pulled his sternum open with some gun crazy stuff .... not
taken his $$ meds .. ?
Worst case might be endocarditis .....
Highest probability is a stroke/clot. Given his years of bile for the
poor and health care, I wonder what the tab is for Gunner, the Welfare
Queen, now?
Something just doesn't fit. Gunner claimed he was making $75/hour yet
had no health insurance. At his age of 54, 55, 56 health insurance
would cost less than a day's work. Even if he was 70 as one post
indicated Blue Cross with a $5k deductable would still be less than two
days a month.
Was gunner lying about his income or irresponsible about his health
needs? In either case he is now the lowest form of life in his own
words. Gunner should have watched "My Name Is Earl."
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Regards, Curly
$75/hour is a reasonable rate for an experienced machine tool mechanic.
But he's self-employed, which means that you don't get many billable
hours when things are slow. I worked on that basis for a couple of
decades as a freelance writer; some weeks I worked 60 hours or more,
others, none at all. My impression is that Gunner works long hours when
the work is there. He may need a better marketing approach to even it
out. g
Considering where the business is now it's likely that he can't rely on
a specific monthly income so it's hard to commit to something like
individual health insurance. It cost me around $12,500/year a few years
back, when I was paying the whole thing myself. It's around $15,000 now
for the same coverage, with typical coverage you'd get if you worked for
a good company. That's why we need a better plan in this country. If
you're self-employed and you don't have close to a year's worth of
savings to start with, health insurance is problematic.
Those prices are not indicative of normal health, didn't you say that you
had a pre-existing condition? Gunner didn't.
Those were prices under COBRA. Everyone pays the same rate, exactly like
job-based insurance.
Again, that was for a typical policy, two individual family members
included. If you're buying on your own, without COBRA, you won't go for the
bells and whistles.
In CA, rates are lower than in NJ. But a policy for someone over 55 or so
ain't gonna be cheap. Gunner probably had enough preconditions to either
jack up the prices or to exclude covered conditions, in any case.
But I don't want to segue into health care costs, the bottom line in this
thread is that Gunner abused the poor who had to rely on public health
and even the institution itself.
Now Gunner is the Welfare Queen he so hates.
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Regards, Curly
It's not the first time he's had second thoughts about how health care
works. We'll see what he thinks when he gets back.
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Ed Huntress