2016 Health Insurance Premiums
Those of us in the private health insurance market in Minnesota are being socked with 40-50% increases in premiums eff 1-1-16. I may have to put the RV up on blocks and park it in the driveway. I have...
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Wallaby Wrote:
"Profit is NOT EVIL folks. Our society would not be where we are today, if it were not for capitalism, and people pursuing the "almighty dollar".
So refreshing to here this. Over the past 8 years all I hear on the media is how EVIL making a profit is and how evil the "rich" are. As Wallaby said, capitalism is what made this country great.
I came to this country 33 years ago with the clothes on my back and $400 in my pocket. Never took a dime from the government, never asked for a handout, worked extremely hard and retired "comfortably" this year at the age of 57.
Do I mind paying > $1,200/month for health insurance? No, not really, the tax rate was so low here (relative to where I came from ) that financially I come out on top if I factor what Europeans REALLY are paying for health insurance and the level of service.
Folks - this is a GREAT country, with phenomenal opportunities and a exceptionally standard of living. Both my parents were refugees from war-torn counties who at the age of 20 had NOTHING. They knew hunger daily, they lived in misery for several years, then worked hard and pulled themselves up.
Don't knock Capitalism too much - it's why we live well.
GErry
"Profit is NOT EVIL folks. Our society would not be where we are today, if it were not for capitalism, and people pursuing the "almighty dollar".
So refreshing to here this. Over the past 8 years all I hear on the media is how EVIL making a profit is and how evil the "rich" are. As Wallaby said, capitalism is what made this country great.
I came to this country 33 years ago with the clothes on my back and $400 in my pocket. Never took a dime from the government, never asked for a handout, worked extremely hard and retired "comfortably" this year at the age of 57.
Do I mind paying > $1,200/month for health insurance? No, not really, the tax rate was so low here (relative to where I came from ) that financially I come out on top if I factor what Europeans REALLY are paying for health insurance and the level of service.
Folks - this is a GREAT country, with phenomenal opportunities and a exceptionally standard of living. Both my parents were refugees from war-torn counties who at the age of 20 had NOTHING. They knew hunger daily, they lived in misery for several years, then worked hard and pulled themselves up.
Don't knock Capitalism too much - it's why we live well.
GErry
