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Thread #43643   Message #638724
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
30-Jan-02 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bush's Speech
Subject: RE: BS: Bush's Speech
Most people who rave about how great American Health Care is, are people who are employees either of a Government Entity or a large Company where their Health Care is part of their benefits package. Try running a small business in this country. In addition to the fact that you have almost no influence or sympathy from the powers that be in government, health insurance that you must carry to avert a possible bankrupting illness or accident is near crippling in itself.

I have been in both situations, employee of a large company, and owner of a small one. No insurance company is a benevolent giver of unlimited benefits : money spent on operations, hospital stays, and prescriptions comes back two-fold in the form of higher premiums.