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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">In a message
dated 5/23/01 10:09:36 AM Central Daylight Time,<br>
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">What do you
folks do for health insurance coverage for your families?<br>
Assuming you don't have a spouse covered by an employer plan, what
other<br>
options do you consider? We just learned that health insurance for
our<br>
family (my self-employed wife, our 12-year-old son and me) will go up
to<br>
over $600/month. There's gotta be a better way - any ideas?</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Terry
Farrell</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"> Paul
Monroe, our Sec/treas. mentioned that</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Congress is
going to pass a bill which would allow non-profit groups like the<br>
PTG to offer group health insurance. If that does become a reality, I
am<br>
guessing that we could get policies that would run about $200 -- $250
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">person per
month. Still not cheap, but better than what we're paying
now.</font></blockquote>
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<div>That would be nice, but I think to get those kinds of prices
would require either</div>
<div>1) Hopping in a time machine, to go back a decade or two,
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<div>2) National Health Care ala Hilary's dreams.</div>
<div>With the current administration, the time machine is the more
likely prospect.</div>
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<div>Patrick Draine</div>
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