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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

We almost sold everything and completely retired in 2005.  The main reason we 
didn't was health care.  Running up a $100,000 bill for a few minutes of work 
and one night in the hospital is easy.  Tapping out a two million dollar 
lifetime top on an insurance plan is not even rare.  If you have anything, 
they can, and will take it from you, as will the gov't , if you don't pay 
'them'.  Once the health care industry becomes part of the gov't they will 
own us completely.

p.s. it turns out, that we would have been much, much, better off to sell out 
in 2005 , anyway.  Soemtimes it pays to 'jump' .............


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--- On Thu, 12/4/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tell me again why Republicans are good for people
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 11:18 AM
> I would have to agree, but as always I see both sides.
> I've had both lousy and great HMOs, so I know they
> don't all terminate their incompetent employees even if
> they can. I also know some very dedicated, hardworking
> government employees. Overall, I'm satisfied with my HMO
> coverage except that it's costing us too much of our
> income and we aren't sure how we'll afford it when
> we retire. Fortunately, we are fairly healthy, and each year
> we don't have enough medical expenses to itemize on our
> taxes. We just pray we don't come down with something
> that would make us uninsurable. We know a lot of couples in
> your situation, one working just to get healthcare
> insurance. I'm hoping these issues will be resolved.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:56:19 -0800 (PST)
>  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Sage , the ultimate 'insurer' in gov't run
> healthcare 'is' the gov't.  They also push as
> much paper on the practitioners, now, as do the insurance
> companies.  
> > One big difference is that a really incompetent
> private insurance company employee can be terminated.  Not
> true for gov't employees.  Sometimes, I think general
> incompetence is a postive on a resume or C.V. for a
> gov't position
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