Re: Obamacare Questions

"BlueBrooke" <bluebrooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i01485pmfv60ng4h9rsdnm80ag5ug3dou2@xxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:56:21 -0700, "Cheri" <cherig3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"BlueBrooke" <bluebrooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:19:28 -0700, "Cheri" <cherig3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> "Michelle C." <michelle_of_the_desert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:h5sqee$lfm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > Exactly! My mom just had a breast biopsy--benign thankfully. >> > Before
>> > the
>> > procedure, the hospital wanted payment for her part up front. Her
>>
>> I'm very glad it was benign, and it's just disgusting that having >> tests
>> or
>> an illness isn't bad enough without having to worry about how to pay >> for
>> it.
>> The present system is just ridiculous IMO.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Would the new system solve that problem? Is it universal free health
> care with no out-of-pocket expenses that's being proposed? I know
> quite a few people that would be hard-pressed to even come up with a
> $25 co-pay, no matter what the system is.

For those with no insurance, a $25.00 co-pay would be a blessing IMO.

Cheri

For some, sure. But $25 might as well be $25,000 if you don't have
it.

True BB, but it's much more realistic to make a monthly payment on $25.00 than $25,000.

Cheri


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