<html> <body> WOW,               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 type=cite class=cite 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> <a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" eudora="autourl">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</a>   _______________________________________________ caut list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </blockquote></body> </html>