Insurance

I hope this is the correct place for this.

My fucking health ins. went up again, 18.00 a week. Thats almost 1000.00 a year. I feel like I'm going backwards.

Your journal would be a great place to post this.

That $1000 would be about the cost of a doctor glancing twice at you if you ever needed a hospital visit. Money well spent.

Your insurance is only $1000/yr???? What is it, pray tell???

I think he means it went UP 1000 a year.

oh...dang.

No, it went up 18.00 a week. My total cost taken from my pay check is 96.00 a week. Doctor co pay, 30.00. Prescriptions 15/50/75.

America has the best medical care in the world.....if you can afford it.

No shit eh? Insurance is so expensive because mostly a) they are greedy motherfuckers and less so b) people abuse insurance -- they go to the doctor for stupid piddling shit, demand drugs they don't really need (thanks to direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing), and above all treat their bodies like garbage and then run to the doc demanding pillspillspills to fix it all. It costs insurance companies a real crapload, but of course they have no issues with jacking the premiums to compensate PLUS ensure their fat profit margin.

What does that cover you for? How much does medical treatment cost if you don't have insurance? Would you prefer to pay for medical care through a compulsory earnings tax?

Depends. If he's got some chronic condition, like diabetes or hypertension, and needs to see the doc quarterly and has daily meds indefinitely then the higher priced one is a better deal than the major medical since he'll have to meet crazy deductibles and will end up spending just as much $$$. But, if he's a healthy young guy who never goes to the doc, then fuck it -- dump your pricey plan for the major medical coverage which should be $100-200 like the previous poster said.

my medical insurance is 20.00 a week

wow, i`m glad i don`t live in the U.S.

oo, i can't wait to hear the reasoning behind this! let's see: not gonna pay for others' problems, why should i support those who can't afford it, the state should not be in the business of offering medical care...

did i miss any?

What's medical insurance? Oh, right. That stuff I don't have which means if I get sick, I'll have to declare bankruptcy.