Reply #26: Tax deductions would definitely help and would be quick [View All]

[lukasahero]

The thing that most concerns me is that the Fed Govt is looking at MA health care plans as a model. I took a different job to get decent health care coverage that we could afford (took a sizeable cut in pay to do so, it was that important). Yes, the MA "Universal" health care guarantees we could get coverage - it doesn't guarantee we could afford it.

I can't even begin to describe how f*cked up health care is in this country. For each of the 4 surgeries my husband had the HMO paid $1,500. The cost of each as documented in the EOB was $32,000. Seriously - I didn't mess up the commas and 0's. $32,000 billed. $1,500 paid. A person without insurance would have been billed the $32,000. How seriously f*cked up is that?