[Magdalen] health insurance

[Eleanor Braun]

Time for a single payer system.  Our current health care system is insane.

Eleanor

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a 'private' health insurance coverage... which has gone up every
> year for the last 3 and I do not qualify, in TX, for a 'reduced rate' on
> the Gov health site... (which is so proportionally more costly that even if
> I did qualify, I can buy my own policy at the same level that the discount
> would create)... I just received an email from the online broker I have
> used successfully and to my satisfaction  to purchase insurance, with the
> following message:
>
>
> Did you know? The Open Enrollment Period is your window to renew or reshop
> for health insurance - and it is just around the corner. With monthly
> premiums increasing by as much as 40% in some states, evaluating your
> health coverage is more important than ever..
>
>
> The news here in TX is that with the great success of enrolling more
> people last year (the increase was primarily low income folks), the
> economic burden, in TX, will cause policies like mine to increase - the 30%
> figure is what I've heard bandied about in the paper and by others 'in the
> know'.... Who knew that when I became the 'new 40' I'd be counting the days
> until I could be the 'new 45' and start Medicare, which I'm sure in 2.2
> years will be tweaked beyond recognition...
>
> L
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>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>