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To: McGavin999
I paid $1.25 per bi-weekly pay period in 1966 for single coverage.

$1.25.

What's happened since that time is very simple ~ medicine has advanced and they can cure stuff you used to die from. That costs something.

38 posted on 09/29/2010 8:51:15 PM PDT by muawiyah ("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
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To: muawiyah

Yes and attornys have made billions in mal practice suits. Without that medical costs may have only doubled instead of going nuclear.


43 posted on 09/29/2010 10:14:51 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("I was there when we had the numbers, but didn't have the principles"-Jim DeMint)
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To: muawiyah

>>What’s happened since that time is very simple ~ medicine has advanced and they can cure stuff you used to die from. That costs something.

Everybody always forgets that part. In 1966, your first heart attack was probably your last. Cancer was a death sentence. “Exploratory surgery” was the only way doctors could see what was going on inside you. There was no simple knee surgery to clean out the joint and get you back on your feet in hours. The list just goes on forever and it’s incredible to think of how far we’ve come.


80 posted on 09/30/2010 7:06:28 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Obama is like a rocket scientist....who's trying to do brain surgery with a hammer.)
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