[ROVERNET - UK] OT..OT. was New Assignment-OT, now here's to good health

[Eric Russell]

Ouch...... sorry to hear that.  We pay more in taxes
(5% federal tax on goods and services)but the health
care is included.  A couple pays about %98.00 extra
each month for "Extended Health Care" which includes
such things as 70% off all prescriptions, ambulance
service, etc., etc., etc.

Again, best wishes...

Eric

--- Kent Kinard <kentkinard at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> 
> I went to the retirement seminar and found out that
> health insurance 
> must be paid out of pocket if you retire early.  I'm
> 61 and won't be 
> Medicare eligible until 65.  We have good insurance,
> but it would be 
> $25,000 per year out of pocket.  $100,000 was
> incentive enough to work a 
> few more years...or until we get national health
> care. 
> 
> The US spends more on health care than any nation on
> earth and ranks 
> only 42nd in the world in life expectancy...maybe
> the United Church of 
> Canada or the Methodist Church of New Zealand have
> some openings?  
> Somebody is making a lot of money off this
> deal....It's not our 
> insurance company because our group is self-insured.
>  For-profit health 
> care can provide the best treatment in the
> world...but only if you have 
> the money.  There are 1.5 million_ uninsured
> children_ in Texas.  Over 
> half are eligible for either Children's Medicare or
> CHIP but are not 
> enrolled.  Texas has statistics like a third world
> country.  I am 
> ashamed.  I have beat this drum for years. 
> 
> We try to help.  Methodist Healthcare Ministries,
> headquartered in San 
> Antonio, spends over $15 million each year on
> primary health care for 
> the underserved.  When I was at St. Mark's, I had an
> RN on staff whose 
> salary was paid by MHM (one of over sixty we employ
> in south Texas, the 
> majority in the Rio Grande Valley), but it's a drop
> in the bucket.
> 
> How did I get started on this?  ...anyway, no
> retirement for at least 
> four years.
> 
> Roverly,
> Kent K
> 
> Eric Russell wrote:
> > Hi, Kent.
> > I thought you were retiring.  Now it seems you
> have
> > ramped *up* your working life.  Best wishes.
> >
> >
> > Eric
> >
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