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Thread #102972   Message #2092906
Posted By: TRUBRIT
02-Jul-07 - 11:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Michael Moore 'Sicko'
Subject: RE: BS: Michael Moore 'Sicko'
I want to see this film very much. I am such a broken record on the subject of national health care that I irritate myself.........! But our family medical insurance (NOT including eyes, or teeth or any frivilous extras like that......) runs me $1450 A MONTH.......do the math - $17K a year for insurance. Of course, my son is about to be booted off the policy as he does not want to go on to further education and he will turn 19 in September; my middle child is walking the tightrope between being kicked off our coverage now she is no longer in full time education and waiting for the medical insurance on her new full time job to kick in. As I have stated before I understand that I am 'lucky' to be able to pay this huge bill -- but adding in separate coverage for Dental ($1200 a year) these premiums take an enormous bite out of my family's income. We do have presciption drug coverage -- thank heavens, but after out of pocket expenses and non covered items, the annual bite is at least $20K. That - of course - is assuming none of us get really ill -- we have an ENORMOUS deductible. The system is ridiculous, barbaric and cruel.    And there are people who actually couldn't understand why the Cuban family from way back when wanted their kid the hell out of America and back in Cuba where he couldn't play with electronic games 24/7 but he did get health care!

OK - I'm done.