On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:43:02 GMT, Courageous <nospam@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>
>>Why do you think they don't? What part of the public
>>*never* uses hospital services sometime in their life
>>in the US? So long as "the public" uses hospital services,
>>the public picks up the tab for uncompensated services a
>>hospital is forced by statute to provide.
>
>Suurrrre. Tell that to the insolvent hospitals.
>
>I might also recommend that one should not act shocked
>when the price of healthcare goes up.

I learned what insurance really costs the hard way. Last year, before
my wife and I consolidated plans, our separate plans cost us 1050 per
month. Once we were able to drop one of the plans we got family
coverage for somewhere around 750 per month. It wasn't all that hot a
plan but it was something. This year we're paying about 400 per month
for a better plan. The company I'm working for picks up the rest of
the tab. Of course, I wouldn't get *that* money if I opted out of
coverage.