[Magdalen] health insurance

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I'm in total agreement Eleanor, but I doubt I'll see one in my lifetime...
as Jim H once said - we won't have that until the issue is faced that the 
insurance companies will not make the kind of money they are now... I think 
they are the big winners right now also - exploiting nooks and crannies of 
the Health Care act.
L

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

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From: "Eleanor Braun" <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:52 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] health insurance

> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>