"BCITORGB" wrote in message
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Frederick submits:
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Our monthly health insurance payments are now more than our
monthly
mortgage payment. For us, health insurance is our single most
expensive
monthly expense, and
that doesn't count the co-pays and deductibles we must pay
before
insurance kicks in.
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I wonder if yours is a special case or if this is played out
across the
USA. [rhetorical question]

What I find curious, and we've been down this road with Scott
and rick
on a previous thread, is why it is seemingly appropriate for
Scott to
cite a newspaper article, reporting on one particular
healthcare-related anecdote, but inappropriate for KMAN,
Michael, or
BCITORGB to cite anecdotes about friends and relatives who have
had
admirable care.
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Who said it wasn't? The problem with kman was that he made a
statement that was proven to be a lie. That some people in
Canada recieve proper care was not the issue. I'm sure there are
millions that recieve adequate care. The sites I posted
presented data about people that died while waiting for
treatment. Be it one or tens of thousands makes no difference
to the claim kman made that no one is dying. He was proven to be
lying. Are you now saying that no one ever dies while waiting
for treatment?


More to the point, I know of not one person in my
circle of acquaintances who as had to wait for a necessary
procedure.
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Again, that doesn't refute the data that people HAVE died while
waiting, and are you now claiming that no one is even waiting for
treatment at all?






But what I find interesting about Frederick's story is that
KMAN,
Michael, and BCITORGB don't know what it is like being denied
insurance
coverage because of diabetes or cholesterol issues. We have no
idea
about the trauma or stress one might feel as the insurance
companies
jack up the premiums or outright deny coverage.

Frederick states that "health insurance is our single most
expensive
monthly expense, and that doesn't count the co-pays and
deductibles". I
don't have the figures at hand; perhaps the taxes I pay in
Canada, and
the portion thereof that goes to healthcare, are equal to or
greater
than Frederick's monthly premiums (somehow I doubt it).
However, I do
know that I'll always have that coverage.

And, as we ponder Frederick's premiums, we might wish to ask
why the
USA spends more (significantly more) on healthcare per capita,
but is
unable to match Canada and most western European nations on
issues such
as infant mortality and life expectancy. Now there's a
healthcare
scandal worth writing newspaper articles about.

frtzw906