Re: NBC: Are you better off than you were two years ago

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:35:10 GMT, Charlie Board
<charlieDIESPAMMERSboard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - subjective about noting
that people have to pay more (through higher payroll contributions,
higher copays and higher deductibles) for the EXACT SAME level
of healthcare they got five years ago. It's dishonest in the
extreme to say they're earning more in any sense just because
their employer is *also* paying more.

If more newer and advanced medical procedures are being used per
capita than 5 years ago, and more pharmaceuticals are being used per
capita than 5 years ago -- then that's hardly the EXACT SAME level of
healthcare as 5 years ago.
.

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