U.S. Healthcare Problem Too Big for Employers and Workers

LAT ^ | 6/20/05 | Ronald Brownstein

[soundandvision]

I saw 'Ron Brownstein' as the author and that told me everything I needed to know..

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"The solution is to decouple medical insurance from employment. If you want medical insurance, you pay for it out of your pocket, just like you pay for homeowners insurance and car insurance."

Excellent advice, E. We are currently paying for our own health insurance (we started a home business for that reason among many) and it's been a REAL eye-opener. Both of us were able to take insurance for granted for decades.

What's this car insurance you're talking about, though? Is that something I'm supposed to have? (Just kiddin'!) ;)

[Wolfie]

And Bush Jr., with his "free" pill vote-buying scam for greedy geezers, has accellerated the process by dumping another trillion dollars of debt on the backs of the American taxpayers.

There's that "strategery" again.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What's this car insurance you're talking about, though? Is that something I'm supposed to have?

Only if you're not Mexican.

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