Private healthcare does it best (C-span)

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There are many more problems than just getting dropped or insurance companies denying coverage due to pre existing conditions. Under your plan are the payments going to be affordable? I pay $1000 a mth for health insurance for me, age 51 and my 13 and 15 yo. I'm on a sinking ship financially--I've paid almost $64,000 in premiums, deductables, and copays in the last 4 yrs 9 mths to a FOR PROFIT company.
Sickening!

Can a low cost clinic do a heart bypass? Can they give you chemotherapy? Will they do knee surgery? Will they treat me for my MI and all the after care? Did you know you have a 50% higher mortality rate if you are in a level one car accident and don't have insurance?

I can afford my meds and occ office visits. I pay for them already myself and don't bill the insurance. What I need insurance for is the big stuff: if I get breast CA and need chemo., or a heart bypass. Do you realize women die every day of breast CA in the USA because they can't afford chemo?

Insurance should not have to pay for the small stuff--it is meant for catastrophic illness and injuries.

My grandmother died at age 40 of an MI. My mom had a massive MI, triple bypass at age 53 (I'm 51). So I'm trying to be responsible and pay for health insurance and but $1000 a mth to a FOR PROFIT company????

Check out this link if you think national health insurance won't work:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=91972152