<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Unfortunately, good diet and clean = living won’t always protect you from a bank busting hospitalization for you or a = family member.  Insurance is primarily in the event of catastrophic = illness, not day to day stuff.  As expensive as it is, one stay in the hospital = can amount to a decade’s worth of premiums.  And don’t = forget, the Bushies have done away with bankruptcy protection.  =     Dental insurance is something else altogether.  Most policies aren’t worth much when you compare cost/benefit.  <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kline Sent: Thursday, December = 22, 2005 11:05 PM To: Pianotech<fon= t size=2 face=Tahoma> Subject: Re: health = insurance   At 09:17 PM 12/22/2005 -0600, you wrote: What are you self-employed = guys doing for health insurance? Just Say No. Pay for things like broken fillings out of pocket, swearing and cursing at all the people with dental plans, whose paperwork has tripled the cost of a normal visit. Try to avoid denatured engineered commercially motivated food and medications like VIOXX, diet sodas, etc. In fact, avoid all conventional medications till = the doctors actually know how to fix more problems than they produce, instead of just compounding them by covering them up. Works for me -- you live till you die. I hate being poked and dosed and fussed over. I'm convinced that more than half of it shouldn't be done at all. However, I do wear the very latest version of Conrad's flamesuit ... = Susan Kline </div> </body> </html>