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And big corporations are getting a discount on health insurance due to the volume of employees. Tell me why I can't find 100 more relatively healthy people and

And big corporations are getting a discount on health insurance due to the volume of employees. Tell me why I can't find 100 more relatively healthy people and have our own "insurance" where we pitch into a account and do payouts. Oh yeah, the high barrier of entry these insuracne companies created and we would have to pay the Obamacare penalty for "not having insurance."

speeder390 7y ago
Yes fresh faced 20 somethings that all look, act the same who have this weird problem almost sick obsession with (EQ). Being a nice person who is a hard worker no longer good enough in today's New economy. I am over 40,unemployable because I needed to take some time off. Self studying front and back end development, having an accounting degree means nothing because I am an introvert and act nervous etc.. So don't interview well
- gamblor956 7y ago
  If you have an accounting degree, you should have no problem finding a job...in accounting...where you have the education and experience.
elipsey 7y ago
That tax penalty no longer exists. I'd also like to point out that when it did exist, it was less than one month of my current un-subsidized insurance premium.
johnpowell 7y ago
You might want a bigger pool. I'm 40 and was healthy until October when I was diagnosed with head and neck cancer. That was treated and two months after my last radiation/chemo treatment they did another PET scan only to find that the cancer has spread to my liver. I just finished up radiation for my liver a few weeks ago and on Thursday start immunotherapy. As far as I know immunotherapy is a ongoing thing for the rest of my life and it isn't cheap. I stopped counting when my medical bills hit $750,000. It is probably double that by now. Again, normal healthy 40 year old guy that rode his bike everywhere who woke up one day with a sore throat that ended up never going away.
- asveikau 7y ago
  Good luck sir. And to anyone here who is reading in similar circumstances.
- maxxxxx 7y ago
  The correct size for an insurance pool is “whole country”. Nothing else makes sense.
  - mjevans 7y ago
    It would be better to stop calling it "insurance". It's a medical costs pool.

speeder390 7y ago

Yes fresh faced 20 somethings that all look, act the same who have this weird problem almost sick obsession with (EQ). Being a nice person who is a hard worker no longer good enough in today's New economy. I am over 40,unemployable because I needed to take some time off. Self studying front and back end development, having an accounting degree means nothing because I am an introvert and act nervous etc.. So don't interview well

gamblor956 7y ago
If you have an accounting degree, you should have no problem finding a job...in accounting...where you have the education and experience.

elipsey 7y ago

That tax penalty no longer exists. I'd also like to point out that when it did exist, it was less than one month of my current un-subsidized insurance premium.

johnpowell 7y ago

You might want a bigger pool. I'm 40 and was healthy until October when I was diagnosed with head and neck cancer. That was treated and two months after my last radiation/chemo treatment they did another PET scan only to find that the cancer has spread to my liver. I just finished up radiation for my liver a few weeks ago and on Thursday start immunotherapy. As far as I know immunotherapy is a ongoing thing for the rest of my life and it isn't cheap. I stopped counting when my medical bills hit $750,000. It is probably double that by now. Again, normal healthy 40 year old guy that rode his bike everywhere who woke up one day with a sore throat that ended up never going away.

asveikau 7y ago
Good luck sir. And to anyone here who is reading in similar circumstances.
maxxxxx 7y ago
The correct size for an insurance pool is “whole country”. Nothing else makes sense.
- mjevans 7y ago
  It would be better to stop calling it "insurance". It's a medical costs pool.