I spend
$159 a month on insurance. My co-pay at the doctors is $40. My hospital deductible for emergency room is $100.
An overnight hospital stay means I have to pay a deductible of $1,000.
My birth control jab is $320 every 3 months, plus the doctor co-pay.

Healthcare over here is about greed, not about healthcare.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 16:32, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

agreed
I was spending $130/month on insurance, topped up by my employers (who paid $390/month), and then I had a co-pay/charge/deductible - whatever - of $100 every time I went to the clinic. Plus other charges, such as blood tests, ultrasound scans, etc etc. Over here, I am getting free prescriptions and dental care for the next year due to my condition.
And the taxes in the US were pretty much the same % as they are here - cost of living wasn't much different, and pay was a lot less. Think I'll stay in Britain thanks very much.
( ascorbate, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 16:48, Reply)

Sadly, if we do an NHS type thing here,
the taxes will increase.

Besides, people all over the country seem to forget, we DO have a form of universal healthcare. Every town large enough to have a hospital has at least one hospital that provides free care to people who cannot afford it. If they fail to do so, they will lose state and federal funding.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 19:40, Reply)