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In reply to the discussion: Within Hours, Mitt Romney Takes Back Everything He Said About Preexisting Conditions [View all]CarmanK
(662 posts)And now the insurance companies have a puppet in Romney/Ryan and they expect to take us back wards. The insurance companies had plenty of time to come up with competitive marketable plans for individuals and families. Instead, they found ways to dump people whose health care requirements threatened their profits short term. The dumped small companies that had employees that got sicker than others or who had employees that made demands on the coverage. The increased Health care premiums for employees over 40% in last t 10 yrs and they created High Deductible plans that cost a fortune and put middle class families at a disadvantage. Imagine, an average income worker earning $36,000 a year paying $ 6,000 a yr in premiums and having to put another $3200 into a hlth savings plan to cover medical costs. That is a huge chunk of ppls earnings and it is a national disgrace. I used to think with 4 kids and a good insurance plan: $750.00 deductible, I still felt like I owed the pediatrician the national debt and never saw the end of the bills until the youngest was 12. And I cant imagine the agony of a mother not being able to get health care for a sick child. That has to be one of the most painful experiences in a life time.