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In reply to the discussion: This Is Why Elizabeth Warren Should Win Any Damn Elected Office She Ever Runs For [View all]kag
(4,076 posts)I have excellent "health insurance" through my husband's employer. My medical bills are pretty hefty every month due to a chronic condition.
But the "dirty little secret" is that my husband's company (a large, multi-national that you have all heard of) is self-insured. The company that pays the bills (a large health insurance corp. that you have heard of) only administers the system. Since they're not spending their own money on my coverage, they pay all my bills, even my outrageous pharmaceutical bills, without a peep.
I live in fear that my husband will find a pink-slip in his paycheck envelope one day, and my healthcare will just disappear. He has stayed in his job, largely because of this; he could have been an amazing entrepreneur if not for the medical insurance issue--for both him and me, and our two kids.
WARREN/GRAYSON -- 2016
I like the sound of that.