<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> The $ has to come from somewhere...higher taxes in= Canada?   The only solution is to take profit out of= the Health Care system.   David I.     ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Roger= Jolly <<A= href="mailto:roger.j@sasktel.net">roger.j@sasktel.net</A>><BR= >To: College and University Technicians <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>> Received:= Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:46:40 -0600 Subject: Re: Michigan State= U. Position still open <P= align=left> WOW,       &= nbsp;       You guys make a strong= argument for our state covered medicare in Canada. Plus our= relatively low post secondary education cost. Regards= Roger At 08:25 PM 8/4/2004, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">David= writes: << $1300 a month.  = Yikes.   I'm 54 and paying $655 for the 3 of us, 1= child.  = >>       = Sheezam!  The three of us, (I'm 53, )are paying $1080 per= month, but there is also a $5,000 deductible/copay for two= of us, every year! So,,, if one of us has an operation, the= first $18,000 I make every year is automatically= spent.  If there are two of them, (like the last three= years), the first $22,000 is gone before I see= it.   A university position that would take that off= would be more attractive than the "salary" would= indicate.   Ed Foote RPT <A= href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html"= eudora="autourl">http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</A><= BR><A= href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html"= eudora="autourl">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.ht= ml</A>   _____________________________________________= __ caut list info: <A= href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"= eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A>= </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>