I finally got my letter..

[Free Thinker]

Quote from John_Wensink:

Cool, I'm glad I'm not paying for your insurance.

Mine is 100% covered by my employer except for copays etc.

I'm no fan of the insurance companies but why in the hell would I want to get rid of my free insurance to pay for everyone else's?

you dont have health insurance. you have an employee benefit. if you get an illness that causes you to not be able to work and to lose your job you have no coverage.

 

[John_Wensink]

I have said the same thing, the democrats are too afraid of the teachers unions to question the absurd tuition inflation at our schools.

Quote from KINGOFSHORTS:

Well all those new doctors,etc.. graduating with huge college tuition loans need to charge more to make up for the debtload.

And that chart looks scary, eventually a college degree will cost 1 million dollars for a doctor. Guess what, your insurance rate is going to go sky high cause no one is going to blow many years of thier life and have to live in a shack due to 1 million in loans.

So you will pay.

 

[John_Wensink]

I bought the supplemental insurance that covers 90% of my salary in the event something like happened.

Costs 15 bucks a month or something.

Quote from vhehn:

you dont have health insurance. you have an employee benefit. if you get an illness that causes you to not be able to work and to lose your job you have no coverage.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from John_Wensink:

I bought the supplemental insurance that covers 90% of my salary in the event something like happened.

Costs 15 bucks a month or something.

then, thanks to government regulations, you might be able to afford cobra for a few extra months but you still will not be able to buy private insurance. private insurance will not insure sick people.


http://baselinescenario.com/2009/08/05/you-do-not-have-health-insurance/

 

[bigarrow]

Quote from John_Wensink:

I bought the supplemental insurance that covers 90% of my salary in the event something like happened.

Costs 15 bucks a month or something.

John what company did you get that coverage from? I just got a quote from State Farm and it was expensive for not much coverage.
Thanks

 

[Ricter]

Quote from John_Wensink:

I have said the same thing, the democrats are too afraid of the teachers unions to question the absurd tuition inflation at our schools.

We backed off because the republicans said tuition inflation was a natural outcome of the operation of the free market.

 

[Ghost of Cutten]

Quote from Dr. Zhivodka:

...From Anthem Blue Cross. Monthly premiums are going up 31% and 36%. Golly am I pleased

I'm disappointed - I thought it was going to be a reservist call-up, maybe some kind of underground political group, but no, you're whining about your insurance premiums. Cmon, you're just asking for a "world's smallest violin" moment here.

 

[Arnie]

Quote from Ricter:

We backed off because the republicans said tuition inflation was a natural outcome of the operation of the free market.

That's a free market?

If you want more of something, just ask the govt to subsidize it. Higher tuition is the direct result of the subsidies provided by student loans. It's the same disconnect that is responsible for much of the rise in health care. Joe Blow doesn't care what a MRI or an MBA costs when he doesn't have to pay for it. It's just a monthly payment (college) or a $20 co-pay (health care).

I remember a story I read years ago about Ludwig Von Mises (?). He looked at the US welfare system and predicted that the fastest growing segment would be unwed teenage mothers. Why? Because they received the most in welfare.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from Arnie:

That's a free market?

If you want more of something, just ask the govt to subsidize it. Higher tuition is the direct result of the subsidies provided by student loans. It's the same disconnect that is responsible for much of the rise in health care. Joe Blow doesn't care what a MRI or an MBA costs when he doesn't have to pay for it. It's just a monthly payment (college) or a $20 co-pay (health care).

I remember a story I read years ago about Ludwig Von Mises (?). He looked at the US welfare system and predicted that the fastest growing segment would be unwed teenage mothers. Why? Because they received the most in welfare.

I agree.

 

[jficquette]

Quote from John_Wensink:

I bought the supplemental insurance that covers 90% of my salary in the event something like happened.

Costs 15 bucks a month or something.

Its so cheap because you will play hell collecting.