Our wonderful healthcare system.... - Page 2

blondboinsd · #11 07-01-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Can't afford it. It's not a choice, but a necessity. If I cut myself from the payroll completely, the company would still lose money each month if I was to offer full health benefits to everyone. I've offered to pay half, but none of my employees have taken me up on the offer. If I go out of business, then not only will they not have health care, but they won't have jobs either.

Mmmmhmm, Hypocrite!

I work in the insurance field, and prices run the whole gamete from expensive to cheap depending on preferences, don't pull that BS

AND while your at it, your insurance rates are sky high in your state (considered a "last resort" state) due to government intervention and reform, hence pushing up the cost of care, lovely

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Wagner · #12 07-01-2008, 07:50 PM

..wish I could stop paying for HC for my employees..

Not sure how I could sleep at night knowing I was more concerned with my bottom line then the families that relied on me.

Eric5273 · #13 07-01-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Hmm Understaffed and overcrowded sounds like Universal Healthcare

Sounds like underfunded universal healthcare.

blondboinsd · #14 07-01-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Wagner

..wish I could stop paying for HC for my employees..

Not sure how I could sleep at night knowing I was more concerned with my bottom line then the families that relied on me.

Done and Done, sign here and we'll tax you at 50%

blondboinsd · #15 07-01-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Sounds like underfunded universal healthcare.

Damn, let me correct that, the US never has UNDERFUNDED programs, not medicare, medical, VA benefits, no not us!!

blondboinsd · #16 07-01-2008, 07:53 PM

Oh and Erik, why is it that you can't seem to cough up the money for a Premium membership?

Eric5273 · #17 07-01-2008, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

I work in the insurance field, and prices run the whole gamete from expensive to cheap depending on preferences, don't pull that BS

My company is actually in New Jersey. And the cheapest HMO plans I can find are around $600/month for a single employee and more than double that for a family. And that is a plan with very high deductables and somewhat limited coverage.

Just 5 years ago, the cost was less than half of that, and 10 years ago it was about 20%. The cost seems to double every 3-4 years. Yet the price of the product I sell has not gone up in the last 15 years.

B-Line · #18 07-01-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Oh and Erik, why is it that you can't seem to cough up the money for a Premium membership?

HA HA

blondboinsd · #19 07-01-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

My company is actually in New Jersey. And the cheapest HMO plans I can find are around $600/month for a single employee and more than double that for a family. And that is a plan with very high deductables and somewhat limited coverage.

Just 5 years ago, the cost was less than half of that, and 10 years ago it was about 20%. The cost seems to double every 3-4 years.

Oh I have no issue telling you why, off the record it's so high *hint, it's the big boys that you elect!* Damn those Dems!!!

Eric5273 · #20 07-01-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Oh I have no issue telling you why, off the record it's so high *hint, it's the big boys that you elect!* Damn those Dems!!!

Please explain. Because these plans are from private insurance companies. I'd like to understand why anything the government does causes insurance rates to be higher.

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