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Superbelt · 03-11-2004, 09:40 AM

There was a scary six month gap between me graduating from college and when my health coverage kicked in at my new job.

My coverage stopped at the end of the month when I graduated. I had to search for a job for a bit, then when I got it, there was a 90 day probationary period where I wouldn't have any coverage.

My alternative was to extend my fathers insurance to me outside of college. That would have come to me at a cost of 470 dollars per month. I couldn't afford that. My options were to borrow money to cover such an expensive extension of benefits or tough it out for that period and hope I didn't get sick or break anything in the mean-time.

I chose the latter, and thank God that nothing happened to me to have made it a disastrous choice. I don't think americans should have to fear for their health like I had to at that time.
Under a national health plan, we wouldn't. Noone would have had to make the choice I made.

Health care in this country is insane. 4% of the nations GDP is Health Care Administration costs alone. That is a lot of wasted money.
Your hospital bills are as expensive as they are, 86 dollars for a single aspirin, because the prices have to be inflated to cover the uninsured and those unable to pay their bills. That makes your premiums rise, and you really are paying for a national health care service as it is anyway because of that. Only as we are now, the national health care goes through a filter of companies working that system for a profit.

National Health Care is in this countrys best interest.

03-11-2004, 09:40 AM	#26 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	There was a scary six month gap between me graduating from college and when my health coverage kicked in at my new job. My coverage stopped at the end of the month when I graduated. I had to search for a job for a bit, then when I got it, there was a 90 day probationary period where I wouldn't have any coverage. My alternative was to extend my fathers insurance to me outside of college. That would have come to me at a cost of 470 dollars per month. I couldn't afford that. My options were to borrow money to cover such an expensive extension of benefits or tough it out for that period and hope I didn't get sick or break anything in the mean-time. I chose the latter, and thank God that nothing happened to me to have made it a disastrous choice. I don't think americans should have to fear for their health like I had to at that time. Under a national health plan, we wouldn't. Noone would have had to make the choice I made. Health care in this country is insane. 4% of the nations GDP is Health Care Administration costs alone. That is a lot of wasted money. Your hospital bills are as expensive as they are, 86 dollars for a single aspirin, because the prices have to be inflated to cover the uninsured and those unable to pay their bills. That makes your premiums rise, and you really are paying for a national health care service as it is anyway because of that. Only as we are now, the national health care goes through a filter of companies working that system for a profit. National Health Care is in this countrys best interest.