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Grex Consumer Item 58: Health Insurance
Entered by popcorn on Fri Jan 26 14:04:57 UTC 1996:

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#1 of 6 by rcurl on Fri Jan 26 20:46:20 1996:

Health care is expensive. I had a little gall-bladder emergency with
no operation and was in the hospital four days, and the bills totaled
nearly $20,000. That's the $200/month which is too much for almost
17 years. They have to collect that money to pay for your health care.
Time had a good article on aspects of "managed care" (HMOs), and there
sure seems to be a lot of both care limits and skimming (graft, I call
it), but the fact is, the public demands the nth degrees in health care,
which makes the cost *open ended*. The only thing that ultimately limits
the potential cost is that you die. The health care industry managed to
kill Clinton's plan for national health coverage by poisoning the public's
mind, but if you want economical health care, it is going to have to be
nationalized and rationed.


#2 of 6 by mta on Fri Jan 26 23:11:19 1996:

I don't know what the cost would be for a single person, but I've been
satisfied with Blua Care network.  (I pay the full premium, but at my
employers group rate.)


#3 of 6 by katie on Sat Jan 27 02:23:27 1996:

If you qualify to join a Chamber of Commerce, do so and get a very good
rate on health insurance.


#4 of 6 by chelsea on Sat Jan 27 13:51:48 1996:

I totally agree with Rane's assessment.  Changes are coming and
they won't be easy, but something has to give.++0


#5 of 6 by chelsea on Sat Jan 27 13:52:08 1996:

(Close call with that bit of line noise, eh?)


#6 of 6 by popcorn on Sun Jul 7 19:35:36 1996:

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