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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 01:35 PM
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27. They are very fortunate to be able to afford the Co-Pays on a bill that large.
Most people I know with Insurance would still loose everything they have worked their whole lives for,
and be forced into Medical Bankruptcy just trying to meet the Co-Pay on a Million Dollars.

In every other civilized country in the WORLD, the term Medical Bankruptcy is UNKNOWN.
It will STILL be Big Business here even after ALL the provisions of the "historic" Health care Reform are activated in 2014.
Maybe even Bigger Business as the Millions of uninsured Americans are forced into The Exchange,
and actually try to use their Junk Insurance Policies.

”In a Thursday interview, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel argued that... business leaders should be grateful for... the fact that the overhaul of health care preserved the private delivery system..."

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B2F85DDF-18FE-70B2-A835FE1E7FA8D74C



Not everybody with Pre-Existing Conditions are eligible for Health Insurance.
In fact, the requirements for admission are stiff, and limited to a very small population.
The First Eligibility Requirement is that the "applicant" be able to afford the Buy In Price, which ranges from $600 - $1000/month.
Most of the people in MY class (The Working Class) don't have $600/month disposable income.

In reality, the Pre-Existing Condition reform only helped those in the Very Upper Middle Class & the RICH.
This is the same class that benefited from the Turn-in-a-Clunker and BUY a NEW Car program.


But, HEY, guess we should be happy for them.
:party:
Must be nice!


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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