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size=2> <FONT size=3>Well Fred since you can do
it.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3> Health care isn't health care at all it's Sick Care &a=
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appreciate your comments Susan & yours to Fred.</FONT></DIV>
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size=3> I tend to come down on the perspective of Susan as my o=
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true health care is primarily my responsiblity. Sick care which is the=
topic of this thread is an insurance for the unexpected which thrives on fea=
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& fear can command any price it wants. This is what Susan I beleive is
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size=3> I kind of resent paying the Sick care premiums be=
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frankly it's basic major medical & I've have used it only a couple =
of
times in 25 years. Hey self employed people can't afford to be sick. But whe=
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you need it you do </FONT></DIV>
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size=3><STRONG>so gotcha!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> My true <STRONG>health providers</STRONG> are my
chiropractor, homeo path , massage therapist & the acupunctureist. =
True
health care is expensive but effective & nobody including uncle Sam is g=
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to pay for it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> What's the answer for sick care. Hey dont' get
sick.grin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><BR>>This is on topic because this discussion is about how piano
technicians <BR>>are held hostage by our health care system.<BR><BR>I "ju=
st
say no." Yes, I can hear you from here -- all the reasons you MUST <BR>be
insured!<BR><BR>Is anyone else old enough to remember when no one had health=
insurance, and <BR>we didn't miss it? It's not as if insurance could keep yo=
u
from getting <BR>sick -- all it does is pay out money when you are
sick.<BR><BR>Has anyone noticed how many doctor-caused diseases and medical
problems are <BR>out there? How many times does going to a doctor give someo=
ne a
false sense <BR>of security, when really all they got was a palliative, allo=
wing
the <BR>disease process to continue unchecked?<BR><BR>Well, those are my
rationalizations, anyway, but I have done without health <BR>insurance since=
I
left Canada in 1980. So far, I'm still alive and kicking. <BR>If I break a
tooth, I get it fixed. I went to a naturopath and got a few <BR>blood tests
once, and a bone scan. Six years ago, I had 113% of a normal <BR>young perso=
n's
bone density. I stopped worrying about osteoporosis, and see <BR>no reason t=
o
get tested again. Other than that, I've let doctors do their <BR>thing, but
without my assistance.<BR><BR>I think that the whole system is about to coll=
apse
of its own weight. As <BR>soon as most people decided that health insurance =
was
indispensable, the <BR>prices of services multiplied. It's the insurance whi=
ch
is making <BR>everything so unaffordable. I particularly dislike insuring
customary and <BR>routine services, such as routine dental work. Insurance
should be for the <BR>unfortunate and unpredictable disasters which happen t=
o a
few people, but <BR>not everyone. For instance, houses are insured against f=
ire.
The few that <BR>burn are paid for by the premiums from the many which do
not. With health <BR>insurance, everyone is going to use the services =
to a
greater or lesser <BR>degree, so they are subsidizing a huge infrastructure =
to
insure for a <BR>predictable loss.<BR><BR>I think that health insurance shou=
ld
be for catastrophic losses, only; but <BR>I see no hope that the general pub=
lic
will go along with that.<BR><BR>Susan Kline<BR></DIV></FONT>
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