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LaTigresse -> RE: "Obama OKs some benefits for employees' same-sex partners" (6/24/2009 9:15:19 AM)
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Because the last moron that went around kicking at everything and everyone he disagreed with.......did such a stellar job.
I am not thrilled with the change, simply because it is still too limiting and discriminatory, but it is a step in the right direction.
As for bitching about paying for other's health insurance.....as a former expert in health insurance.......the discussion here is far too simplistic. If you wish to pay for what you use/need, then have a major claim, your rates will skyrocket to cover the cost of insuring you individually.
Example, let's say I pay, on average $240.00 a month for health insurance for 20 years. That is $ 57,600.00 total. I get cancer and need surgery and ongoing radiation, drugs, etc. The grand total of that cancer treatment cost was ohhhhhhh, let's lowball it, $500,000.00. Now they have to raise my rates dramatically to recoup their loss. And, I will only be working for another15 years (if my cancer does not come back and I can) Of course I can afford to pay the insurance company $442,400.00 over those next 15 years. Not to mention, they admin costs the insurance company accrued in managing my account.
So, still want to pay for ONLY what you personally use, rather than spreading the cost/risk?
Cuz, yanno, I am healthy and I would LOVE to get a big fat refund at the point I stop paying my health insurance premiums, for all the money the insurance company did not have to pay on on me.
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