Reply #60: That sounds way high.

[Ravy]

Sorry to hear about your wife's health issues. I had a heart attack so I am in the same basic insurance boat.

Much of this cost is already factored into Obama's plan, and maybe Clinton's, where they give a catastrophic cap to the insurance companies already factored into the cost of their plans which cover the vast majority of citizens (Clinton's covers them all). My plan would extend that same cap to anyone who remained uninsured in Obama's plan.

BTW, I don't know if you have been keeping up with it, but either the Obama or Clinton plans will soften that expense for you because everyone will be covered in large plans so they cannot rate you or charge you individually, like employer provide insurance, and plans cannot turn people away because of pre-existing conditions.

Someone way up thread says that their 10k deductable plan was $69 but just went to $89 per month. Again, with a competitively bid insurance to cover EVERY U.S. citizen, I would expect less than that.