Insurance and Healthcare

[Jim]

Originally Posted by SirMoby

I have some friends that are doctors and one of them often prescribes a treatment that costs him over $5,000 to administer a single drug dosage.

The cost of insurance and health care has more then doubled since 2001. That's about the same increase we've seen in gas prices. The companies that have had record profits these past 6 years? You guessed it.

We need some serious change.

See, that's why I keep saying to go through your local chamber of commerce. I have the ratecard from 8 years ago and it is exactly the same as the most recent. The chambers tied together in the insurance company's eyes are the largest employers in the country. And remember back when you filled out the paperwork for insurance from an employer. All you had to fill out was your name and ssn. That's the way it is through the chamber. No health questions included.

But I agree, everything health related is expensive. I thought $5k for a catscan was a good price

And while insurance seems expensive, imagine how long I could have had insurance for the price of $63,480.32. At my current rate for just my wife, I could have paid for insurance for almost 11.5 years for her. And remember, that money was for 1.5 months of tests.