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> Look, I don't know what age you are, but health care at upper-30s is no easy street, and from what I hear, it gets much, much worse. I'm "low 50s" and a fair
by anamax 15y ago
> Look, I don't know what age you are, but health care at upper-30s is no easy street, and from what I hear, it gets much, much worse.
I'm "low 50s" and a fairly premium plan didn't cost me much.
> Just in the past year, I dropped 10K on health care expenses, and that is _with_ fantastic insurance.
Wowswers. However, if that's expected costs, that's an argument for not subsidizing you. And, if it's unexpected costs, that's an argument for catastrophic health insurance, not ordinary health insurance, which is little more than pre-paid expenses.
- ap22213 15y agoYes - I see your point. Ok - A sizable portion of the 10K happened between jobs. Another large chunk was dental. So, I'm packing a lot into that number that I probably shouldn't. And, I apologize for that. I guess I'm just bitter about it. Healthcare has personally burned me, and I find it a personal distraction and barrier. But, I need to recuse myself from healthcare discussions.
- anamax 15y ago> A sizable portion of the 10K happened between jobs. Huh? You started with > Just in the past year, I dropped 10K on health care expenses, and that is _with_ fantastic insurance. Are you now saying that the 10k was dominated by dental (which isn't covered by health insurance) and expenses when you weren't covered by "fantastic insurance" because you went bare? And that's somehow the fault of the health insurance system? > I find [healthcare] a personal distraction and barrier. No doubt, but the solution seems to be under your control. There are lots of things that we could do to improve the healthcare system, but we're not going to get them by making up stories.