Reply #127: What you are doing is not "digressing"

[ElboRuum]

It's quite on topic, if you must know. However, I will put to you this.

If, by age 69 you have put in only about 100-200K then you are miles ahead of the game when it comes to the cost of insuring an American worker. Most workers, with a "good" health plan, will have spent (if their employer gave them the money instead of withholding it from their paycheck) at least that much by age 40. The average "full coverage plan" can be between $8-10K per year. A person who has been gainfully employed since 18 with a job that provides health benefits has lost roughly 200K in potentially earned wages by the time he/she reaches 40.

Welcome to DU... I guess.