health insurance

J Patrick Draine draine@mediaone.net
Wed, 23 May 2001 17:27:27 -0400


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>In a message dated 5/23/01 10:09:36 AM Central Daylight Time,
>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
>
>>What do you folks do for health insurance coverage for your families?
>>Assuming you don't have a spouse covered by an employer plan, what other
>>options do you consider? We just learned that health insurance for our
>>family (my self-employed wife, our 12-year-old son and me) will go up to
>>over $600/month. There's gotta be a better way - any ideas?
>>
>>Terry Farrell
>>
>
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>  Paul Monroe, our Sec/treas. mentioned that
>Congress is going to pass a bill which would allow non-profit groups like the
>PTG to offer group health insurance. If that does become a reality, I am
>guessing that we could get policies that would run about $200 -- $250 per
>person per month. Still not cheap, but better than what we're paying now.

That would be nice, but I think to get those kinds of prices would 
require either
1) Hopping in a time machine, to go back a decade or two, or
2) National Health Care ala Hilary's dreams.
With the current administration, the time machine is the more likely prospect.

Patrick Draine




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