Originally posted by Derk2000:
So let me ask this: Have your health care costs increased? Has your health insurance cost raised? If so, has your coverage improved?




yes, yes, no. i have Kaiser, provided through my wife's work, and the co-payments keep going up. the services offered keep waning. although, we like Kaiser 10x better than any of the HMOs we have tried in the past. The employer and union cut if off at 1994 so that any employees hired after then arent eligible for PPO plans. (kinda pricey anyway). our former family doctor stopped taking any and all HMO plans cuz he said they kept screwing him over on his payments.

I dont know how to do create a thread poll, if someone can, please do.
I would like to see a thread poll that has the following options:
1. who has health insurance provided by employer?
2. who pays for their health insurance themselves?
3. who does not have health insurance?

my mother in law has her own business. she had kaiser insurance until about two months ago where they raised the premiums so high she couldnt afford it (just for her!). she was recently bitten by a dog (rather badly) and had to go to an "urgent care" center and pay out of pocket. luckily, it only cost her about $50 for the visit, which did not include any meds or anything. (doctor said she would be fine).

i know quite a few self-employed people, and some who work for big companies that dont provide any insurance, who cant afford health insurance. many of them have 4/5 person families too and just pay out of pocket if need be. its pretty scary. i try to tell them that at least getting coverage for the kids should be a priority but some people just feel differently. and in reality, the truth is, if a working parent gets sick, then the family can really be in trouble.

Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.