(OT) : Remember Almost 2 Million Americans Go Into Bankruptcy EachYear Due to Medical Expenses.
On Aug 27, 7:20*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:02:53 -0400, Billy Burpelson
wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
* *I don't have health insurance. I don't want it.
* *I can name 3 of my colleagues who don't have it, either. And
don't want it.
Art Harris wrote:
Perhaps you are very well off and can write a check for whatever
medical expenses you need.
Perhaps.
Or perhaps you don't expect to have any
serious health issues.
Right...just like the people that don't bother with a will because they
never expect to die.
But for most middle-class Americans, a serious illness or injury to
themselves or a family member could wipe them out financially if they
did not have health insurance.
Yes Art, this is quite true. Medical expenses have gone through the
roof. I recently had two relatives and a friend requiring medical care,
arthroscopic knee surgery, appendectomy and quadruple bypass. The prices
for these services ranged from a low of $18,500 to a little over $100,000.
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