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Author: Oropan |
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Date Posted: 11:56:11 04/24/07 Tue In reply to: sci guy 's message, "my health care costs...." on 10:16:47 04/24/07 Tue My employer paid it when I was working and still pays it after I retired. When i'm 65 I get medicare and my former employer pays for a supplimental that includes ALL prescriptions. >$CAN24/month. $288/year..... lets see... over my >expected lifetime of 85 years, that amounts to >$24,480. So 2 years of US health care coverage in the >US would cover me for my lifetime! > >Yes, people who travel to foreign countries are well >advised to buy supplemental health coverage, especialy >when travelling to a country like the US that doesn't >provide universal health care. When your 80 year old >friend buys his insurance for $5000 for the 3 months >he's in the US, it's a damn sight better than the >hundreds of thousands he'd be forced to fork over if >his heart failed or he had a stroke while he was >there. My guess is his health isn't perfect, and they >consider him a bit of a risk. I get complete coverage >for only a few hundred dollars for my years travels to >the UK and Europe and it would be valid in the US as >well (if I was still travelling to the US, which I >won't until Bush is out...) > > >>If you think health insurance is free in countries >>with national health care you might want to ask sciguy >>who lives in Canada. They pay through the nose for >>their health care and they have to pay whether yhey >>want it or not. Somehow you kooky leftists have it in >>your head that stuff that comes from the government is >>free! >>Here is some more info for you....I'm in AZ in the >>winter with many Canadians as neighbors. They have >>little good to say about their national healthcare. >>And when they are in the US during the winter they >>have to buy healthcare coverage out of their own >>pocket while out of Canada. The couple next to me told >>me that this was their last year to come south for the >>winter because he was turning 80 years old and the >>cost to buy insurance for just him would be $5000 for >>the three months they are in AZ. and they can't afford >>it. This national healthcare thing falls under the old >>saying...."Beware of what you wish for, for surely you >>will get it." >> >> >> >> >>> A family of 4 pays 12,000 a year for health >>>coverage, plus deductables and co-pays, most of that >>>money goes to the rich, not the government. If you >>>make 75,000 a year or less, tax cuts are irrelevent, >>>you are paying the "capitalism tax", which is the >huge >>>amount of money you spend on health care that goes to >>>filthy rich corperate executives and wall $treet, >>>along with advertising agencies, all of these taxes >>>are not payed by people living in free, democratic >>>countries that have national health care like western >>>europe, canada, and japan. >>> >>> Btw, think about how much more people pay for >>>energy now than they did at the beginning of the >>>decade. Throw in food, education, other insurances, >>>and you begin to understand why america has a >negetive >>>savings rate, the only time this has happened since >>>the great depression. >>> >>>>A family of four pays ZERO tax with an income in the >>>>forty thousands and even more if they itemize their >>>>deductions like home mortage. More kids...you can >>earn >>>>even more and pay zero tax. The top 10% of earners >>pay >>>>90% of all taxes here in the US. I guess that's >>>>because we have such an unfair tax system here that >>>>doesn't tax those terrible rich people enough! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Half pay no taxes? Hmmmm incomes are too low to >>>pay >>>>>taxes, huh? Such a shame that a capitalist society >>>>>manages to keep so many people poor. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Today's the deadline.....except for the 44% of >>>>>>americans that pay NO income tax!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, >>>>>>hard to believe but we are fast approaching that >>>half >>>>>>of all people will pay NO income tax. Maybe some >>day >>>>>>we will get down to where just twenty or thirty >>>>people >>>>>>will pay all the taxes...you know, those rich >SOB's >>>>>>that you all hate. What a great Country we live in >>>>>>that we can just have rich people pay all our >>>>>>Countries bills for us. Who would have thunk it >one >>>>>>hundred years ago!!! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| taxable or non taxable benefit? | sci guy | 12:25:39 04/24/07 Tue |
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| Don't count on it unless you worked for government agency | Bev | 14:08:00 04/24/07 Tue |