On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:12:32 -0800, "Califbill"
wrote:

"bpuharic" wrote in message
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kinda stupid arent you? you think an unemployed person has SO much
money they can afford this


He's just behind the times.
And on Medicare.
Since he gets basically free socialist health care, he doesn't know
the current cost of private market health care.
Closet socialists usually have a lot of blind spots.
And he's a boomer, so he got a lot of gravy.


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I know what insurance costs. I have been an employer as well as laid off
over the years. I lived below my means, which gave me a cushion when a job
went away.

a cushion! that's so quaint!

let's see...medical care for an ALS ambulance ride to the hospital
STARTS at $1500, not including meds, O2, any interventions the EMT's
or paramedics do, etc.

THEN you get to the ER where the real fun starts. thousands of dollars
in a few hours

what kind of 'cushion' do people have when they havent had a pay raise
in 20 years?


I worked for a few startups, so closing the doors and no COBRA
available was not that unusual. Sure I am on Medicare now. But that is
only for 2.5 years. I have been retired for 9 years, so for 6.5 years, I
paid my own insurance.

so you're on socialized medicine.

figures


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So buy a $2000 deductible policy. Then you will have $2k out of pocket, and
the insurance will pick up the rest. And $2k deductible will cut your
insurance premium costs a lot.

tell you what

go look up average unemployment benefits

look up the cost of health programs with a 2K deductible

get back to me