If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

Can I shop around though?

My Dr. keeps telling me to be 200lbs and thats good for me and blah blah. I tell her, "Look you fidget, Im 6'4 and I get hella hungry all the time at 200lbs!"

Then she tells me to STFU lose weight and cut out tabacco/nicotine totally...no vaping even!"

So I like her. Not sure shes a "keeper" but shes ok.

Can I shop around though?

If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.

You would look ridiculous at 200 pounds.

Got down to 197 18 months ago. Had a six pack. Looked ok but I was super hungry. ALWAYS.

Dr. says my body operates best there... she has 15 years of data on me. Negotiated with her and we settled on 215.

"Simple math is all that is needed. People (reads all working people) contribute around 2.9% of their earnings for 40-49 years so they can then qualify at an old age. It's no surprise it's working out for you. Kind of pitiful from a mathematical standpoint."

Actually, it is a surprise that a government program works on something as complex as health care and insurance. I fail to understand what is "pitiful" about it. Perhaps you could explain?

Health insurance and health care in general are extremely important issues in America right now. I took this thread to be a possible source for a variety of viewpoints. My post was a sincere effort to hear other people's thoughts.

What's actually pitiful is the current state of health insurance and health care in our country. It's more than pitiful--it's a disaster. I have two sons who are struggling to pay for their health insurance. They are not alone--many others have the same problem or don't have insurance at all.

Several candidates for president in 2020 are advocating Medicare For All. I don't know if that is a good idea or not, but it's at least worth discussing--even on a fishing forum.

We as a society are just not willing to deny medical help to people who show up at the emergency room. However, it is costly and has to be paid by someone. Insurance companies have negotiated down their cost so they don't share in the cost of taking care of the indigent. So, it is left on the backs of those who have money, but no insurance. No politician is willing to say that he is not in favor of treating a really sick child who has no money but none are willing to deal with the problem. I would bet that if we had a national plan for insurance with an option to those who preferred private insurance, but had to pay the additional costs of the private plan, within a few years, almost everyone would migrated to the national plan.

Health insurance is very inefficient. Insurance rates are set so they have a loss ration of about 75% meaning if they pay more than 75% of the premium in claims, they will up the rates. They don't intend to have any risk.

The affordable care act has had many problems that need to be fixed, and it has increased the cost to some who were barely able to afford what they had, but they did it to cover the cost of caring for those who were not paying any or very low premiums.

As noble as your intent was JAlfred, the reality is that Someone has to pay for health care. No sane person would ever want to go in debt for a medical degree, nursing or doctor etc. to work for free. The moral of the story is that everyone has to contribute to pay their own way in this world in some fashion. It is political theatre for the democratic candidates pandering to those low IQ folks who don't understand the concept of working to better themselves and society.

As noble as your intent was JAlfred, the reality is that Someone has to pay for health care. No sane person would ever want to go in debt for a medical degree, nursing or doctor etc. to work for free. The moral of the story is that everyone has to contribute to pay their own way in this world in some fashion. It is political theatre for the democratic candidates pandering to those low IQ folks who don't understand the concept of working to better themselves and society.

Actually, it is a surprise that a government program works on something as complex as health care and insurance. I fail to understand what is "pitiful" about it. Perhaps you could explain?

Health insurance and health care in general are extremely important issues in America right now. I took this thread to be a possible source for a variety of viewpoints. My post was a sincere effort to hear other people's thoughts.

What's actually pitiful is the current state of health insurance and health care in our country. It's more than pitiful--it's a disaster. I have two sons who are struggling to pay for their health insurance. They are not alone--many others have the same problem or don't have insurance at all.

Several candidates for president in 2020 are advocating Medicare For All. I don't know if that is a good idea or not, but it's at least worth discussing--even on a fishing forum.

Anyone have employer providered health care that is decent priced?


Hard Rain does.

Anyone have employer providered health care that is decent priced?


Hard Rain does.