The day I trust Obama's new health plan proposal is the day I see at least one member of Congress elect to choose it. Preferably the president himself.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Now Anthem in California is For Profit. And the CEO makes sure he gets a Good Share of the $$. That's why we have Kaiser. Kaiser Northern California is one of the top three HMOs per Consumer Reports, good service, happy patients, good follow up on medical testing and vaccinations. All those things you want from the medical system. But it is expensive for us. Between Medicare, Big Harold, Little Harold and My insurance premiums, we are paying a little over $1,000 a month. We are living off of Social Security and a small pension or $2800 a month, so that is more than 1/3 of our take home pay. And we have the upped the co-pays and are paying more out of pocket! It should be noted, that we have so little income, even with IRA and 401K withdrawals, we pay No Income Taxes. Yeah, it hurts a lot. I'm hoping they get something through, especially if it means we get Kaiser at a rate that meshes with our income.
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That's why we have Kaiser. Kaiser Northern California is one of the top three HMOs per Consumer Reports, good service, happy patients, good follow up on medical testing and vaccinations. All those things you want from the medical system.
But it is expensive for us. Between Medicare, Big Harold, Little Harold and My insurance premiums, we are paying a little over $1,000 a month. We are living off of Social Security and a small pension or $2800 a month, so that is more than 1/3 of our take home pay. And we have the upped the co-pays and are paying more out of pocket!
It should be noted, that we have so little income, even with IRA and 401K withdrawals, we pay No Income Taxes.
Yeah, it hurts a lot.
I'm hoping they get something through, especially if it means we get Kaiser at a rate that meshes with our income.
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